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Maeda Genzō

Maeda Maeda Genzō (前田 玄造) (1831–1906) was a Japanese photographer from northern Kyūshū. In Nagasaki he studied photography under Jan Karel van den Broek and J. Pompe van Meerdervoort. Neither of these teachers was an experienced photographer, and their attempts to produce photographs were largely failures.

Also recorded as Maeda Genzo · Maeda Genzou

Maeda Genzō

Born
1831
Died
1906
Nationality
Japan
Occupation
photographer · physician
Languages
Japanese

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Maeda Maeda Genzō (前田 玄造) (1831–1906) was a Japanese photographer from northern Kyūshū. In Nagasaki he studied photography under Jan Karel van den Broek and J. Pompe van Meerdervoort. Neither of these teachers was an experienced photographer, and their attempts to produce photographs were largely failures.

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