A devastated landscape, almost everything burned to the ground. This is Yokohama after the Great Kantō Earthquake of September 1, 1923, this year exactly one century ago. How could anybody have survived?
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 4: Why Japan became the empire of hand colored photography.
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 3: How colorists worked.
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 2: Color as a competitive tool.
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 1: How photography reached Japan.
Japanese potter and former Living National Treasure Sakaida Kakiemon XIV on smoking the kiseru.