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Arima Sama Palace, Edo (2007.26.48)
Creator
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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- 1863
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 74255be6-85f9-46d0-bfbb-c690e8fc00a6
In 1863 Beato joined a Swiss diplomatic mission and managed to take several views of the shogunate capital, Edo (present-day Tokyo). When he set up his camera to make this picture, officers hastily approached him and urged him to stop. Beato asked them to confirm this command with their superior and meanwhile made two exposures. The threatening officers did indeed appear in the final print Beato made.
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