Juan José de Jesús Yas
Juan José de Jesús Yas (born Kohei Yasu; December 27, 1846 - February 28, 1917), was a Japanese-born photographer who established himself in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala and documented the city toward the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
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Juan José de Jesús Yas
Manuel de Jesús Yas, Carlos Eduardo Zeceña Alcayala, CIRMA · Fotos antiguas de Guatemala · Public domain
- Name
- Juan José de Jesús Yas
- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1917
- Birthplace
- Fujisawa, Iwate,
- Place of death
- Antigua Guatemala,
- Occupation
- Photographer and translator
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Juan José de Jesús Yas (born Kohei Yasu; December 27, 1846 - February 28, 1917), was a Japanese-born photographer who established himself in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala and documented the city toward the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
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• Name — Juan José de Jesús Yas • Born — 1846 • Died — 1917 • Birthplace — Fujisawa, Iwate, • Place of death — Antigua Guatemala, • Occupation — Photographer and translator
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Yas and his wife on their wedding day. Yas arrived to Guatemala as a translator of the famous Mexican astronomer Covarrubias and he liked photography so much, that he became a student of German professor Herbruger.
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He died in Antigua Guatemala in 1917.
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1844
Juan José de Jesús Yas was born in 1844.
1917
Juan José de Jesús Yas died at Antigua Guatemala.
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Fujisawa.
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