description: The Japanese had experimented with photography, but after Commodore Perry's arrival with his American forces in 1853, new opportunities arose and pictures made from the 1860s to the 1900s by enterprising foreign and Japanese photographers were often collected into ornate albums by tourists. This book is for all collectors,
language: English
title: Shashin: 19th Century Japanese Studio Photography
titlecomplete: Shashin: 19th Century Japanese Studio Photography
publisher: Natl Gallery of Victoria