#kajima seibei

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Geisha Ponta Postcard

Detail of a hand-tinted collotype postcard, circa 1900. Original image by Kajima Seibei, taken at his Genrokukan Studio in Tokyo circa 1895. 

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Seikaigan Medicine Postcard with Geisha Ponta

A collotype postcard from the the time of the Russo-Japanese War (1904/05). This patent medicine was marketed as a "cure all." The photographer is unknown, but it could be the work of Kajima Seibei, or a composite image.

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Woman Riding a Red-crowned Crane 1890s

are your thousand years

ending today?

song of the crane

Issa (b. 1763 – d. 1828)

Photographed by Kajima Seibei.

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Geisha Ponta Postcard

This is a hand-colored collotype postcard printed by an unknown Japanese publisher. The image is probably by Kajima Seibei's Genrokukan Studio, Tokyo, 1895/97.

Photo restoration by Chris Tabacchi at Pro Photo's Lab.

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Bridal Outfit Postcards Featuring Geisha Ponta

From top to bottom: hand-colored collotype, published by Sagawa Tsueido (佐川通栄堂), Kanda, Tokyo; and collotype published by Naniwaya & Co., Kanda, Tokyo.

All of these were published in the early 1900s.

The original images were probably taken at Kajima Seibei's Genrokukan Studio, Tokyo, 1895/97.

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Catching firefly.