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The journey of "a good type" : from artistry to ethnography in early Japanese photographs
Title
The journey of "a good type" : from artistry to ethnography in early Japanese photographs / David Odo ; foreword by Elizabeth Edwards.
ISBN
9780873654081 (cloth : alk. paper)
0873654080 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
xviii, 125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 02, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index.
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword: What photographs "do" in museums / by Elizabeth Edwards
Preface
Introduction
1. A valuable collection. The collectors
2. Visual journeys. Souvenir photography in Japan ; A journey through "Old Japan" ; Beneath the surface
3. Vanishing types. The vanishing type ; Photographing the type ; Anthropometric photographs ; "Historic boards" in the Peabody Museum ; Scientific type photography in Japan
4. Visual salvage. Salvaging Japan ; Museums and visual salvage ; Native types
5. Visualizing the future.
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