Picturing Japan

The Ringling Museum of Art January 18, 2014 – April 6, 2014 ______

The end of the 19th century marked a time of immense change for Japan. The pre-industrialization of the period was coming to a close and the dawn of the more modernized Meiji period was beginning. During this time, Japanese trade with foreign countries began to increase greatly.

After the invention of the Daguerreotype in France in 1839, photography spread quickly to Japan. Introduced via trade with the Dutch, and in addition to ukiyo-e Kimbei Kusakabe, in Armor, late 19th century. Promised gift of prints, photography offered artists a new Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt, TR2007.2823.468 way to represent the Japanese people and their culture. Images which glorified an idealized old Japan were the most favored by Westerners and were collected as souvenir items. In addition to Japanese artists, foreign artists, of which Felice Beato is probably the most famous, also photographed Japan and its people in this style. Although certainly artworks in their own right, many of the photographs were highlighted with selective additions of color, evoking a familiar inked woodblook appearance. ______

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