Kusakabe Kimbei Farsari et divers Yokohama School - "Festival car at Kioto"

A stunning view of a busy street in Kyoto during a carnival. This vintage albumin print (vintage) is hand-coloured with watercolour highlights. It is credited to Kusakabe Kimbei and the Yokohama School and comes with a loose, unlaminated print on cardboard. Subtitles/identified by a banner (in negative). The print is in very good condition with colours, tones, and contrasts well preserved. The albumen glaze is also in very good condition. This piece will be sent with a cardboard case and a neutral pH-bag, which is ideal for preservation/collecting under good conditions. Offered without reservation, just like the other lots in a very good sale, no PR, not to be missed for lovers of old Japanese pictures. The print is dated around 1880/90. Kusakabe Kimbei marks the golden age of Japanese photographic productions for tourists, at a time when the fever for "Japanism" in all areas (arts, furniture, etc.) had taken hold in the Western world at the beginning of the Meiji period (1868)-1912)). He opened a studio in Yokohama after being introduced to the art of watercolour photography on albumen paper with the pioneers Felice Beato and Baron Raymond Von Stillfried. Kimbei was the most iconic and productive of the photographers in this studio, which employed up to several dozen artists, but others like Farsari, Hikoma, Kazumasa,... also collaborated on his fame, each within their chosen field (Flowers/portraits, views/landscapes)... Lots are shipped with UPS Express, only one fee charged for multiple purchases, take advantage of this to group your purchases. Reception within 1 or 2 days of dispatch (when destination permits). #japanweek