About This Image

This image is from Bunka Shashin-shu, the magazine published by the Tokyo-based photo group Shashin Bunka Kyokai. The publication was influenced by Stieglitz's Camera Work. The group held regular juried exhibitions that included work by leading Japanese pictorialists of the 1920s. Top selections were published their magazine. There were only three issues: June, August , and September of 1922. This is plate 37 from volume 2. Accompanied by a label with Japanese annotations.

Chochin (Lanterns)
Rido Yamanka Chochin (Lanterns)

Price $500

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Description

Ref.# 9318

Medium Rotogravure

Photo Date 1922  Print Date 1922

Dimensions 4 x 6 in. (102 x 152 mm)

Photo Country Japan

Photographer Country Japan

Company
Charles Schwartz Ltd.



 

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