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A Career of Japan is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. He played a key role in the international image of Japan and the adoption of photography within Japanese society itself.
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1900s • Ainu Chief
An Ainu chief in traditional clothing. For more information about Ainu, click on Ainu under Themes.
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Medium: Postcard
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Duits, K. (2009, February 13). 1900s • Ainu Chief, Old Photos of Japan. Retrieved on 2020, Jul 14 from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/654/ainu-chief
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