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Felice BeatoPhotographer · 1832–1909
All works by this person →Felice Beato was the first photographer to devote himself entirely to photographing in Asia and the Near East. He photographed in Japan, India, Athens, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Palestine. He settled in Yokohama and from 1863 to 1877 made hundreds of ethnographic portraits and genre scenes in Japan. He eventually opened a furniture and curio business in Burma. Beato's photographic career was
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- 1868
- Medium
- Hand-colored albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 6063c54a-5af4-4373-82f3-6ead7e7c5249
Men and women sit around a tray with bowls and cups placed on top. On the right, a woman plays a shamisen, and other a koto. Men standing in the background are clapping, while one holds an open fan. A geisha sits in the center of the group.
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