Japan—Kusakabe Kimbei and others | Eight photographs of Japanese wrestlers and Samurais, 1880s

Japan—Kusakabe Kimbei and others

Eight photographs showing Japanese wrestlers, and samurai, 1880s

8 hand-tinted albumen prints (from 136 x 87mm. to 252 x 201mm., or the reverse), 7 mounted, framed and glazed, one matted, one slightly faded and creased

A FINE GROUP OF JAPANESE PORTRAITS showing wrestlers (3) and samurai (5). Four of the photographs are by Kusakabe Kimbei (studio) and one is attributed to T. Enami.

LITERATURE:

Terry Bennett, Old Japanese Photographers: Collectors' Data Guide (London: Quaritch, 2006)