Kajima Seibei
Kajima Kajima Seibei was a Japanese photographer. In 2019, Fujifilm Square in Tokyo sponsored a Photo History Museum Exhibition on his work and legacy, entitled, "The Story of Seibei Kajima, the 'Millionaire Photographer' in the Meiji Period." This exhibit presented Kajima as a trailblazer in Japanese portrait and landscape photography, who developed new techniques. For example, by devising large-format cameras to take oversized photographs, by experimenting with X-rays, and by employing the magnesium flash to take photographs at night.
Kajima Seibei
日本写真協会, ed. (1976) 日本写真史年表: 1778-1975.9, 講談社 · Public domain
- Born
- 1866 · Tenma.
- Died
- 1924
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Teachers
- Kawanabe Kyōsai
- Honours
- Silver Medal with Yellow Ribbon
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kajima Kajima Seibei was a Japanese photographer. In 2019, Fujifilm Square in Tokyo sponsored a Photo History Museum Exhibition on his work and legacy, entitled, "The Story of Seibei Kajima, the 'Millionaire Photographer' in the Meiji Period." This exhibit presented Kajima as a trailblazer in Japanese portrait and landscape photography, who developed new techniques. For example, by devising large-format cameras to take oversized photographs, by experimenting with X-rays, and by employing the magnesium flash to take photographs at night.
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Training under Kawanabe Kyōsai is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tokyo. Work by Kajima Seibei is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Photo Museum, National Museum of World Cultures and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam. Distinctions recorded are Silver Medal with Yellow Ribbon.
• Illustration — Ponta Kajima Seibei • Illustration — Potalmiyaji mainland sea
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- 1.Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.
- 2.Fujifilm Square Photo History Museum. The Story of Seibei Kajima, the "Millionaire Photographer" in the Meiji Period.
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