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The journey of "a good type" : from artistry to ethnography in early Japanese photographs

Title
The journey of "a good type" : from artistry to ethnography in early Japanese photographs / David Odo ; foreword by Elizabeth Edwards.
Author
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
Odo, David
Description
xviii, 125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Subject
  • Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Photograph collections
  • Photography > Japan > 19th century > History
  • Visual anthropology > Japan
  • Photography in ethnology > Japan
  • Japan > History > 19th century > Pictorial works
  • Japan > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index.
Contents
Illustrations -- Foreword: What photographs "do" in museums / by Elizabeth Edwards -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A valuable collection. The collectors -- 2. Visual journeys. Souvenir photography in Japan ; A journey through "Old Japan" ; Beneath the surface -- 3. Vanishing types. The vanishing type ; Photographing the type ; Anthropometric photographs ; "Historic boards" in the Peabody Museum ; Scientific type photography in Japan -- 4. Visual salvage. Salvaging Japan ; Museums and visual salvage ; Native types -- 5. Visualizing the future.
Call Number
MFW 15-1787
ISBN
  • 9780873654081 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0873654080 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2014044372
  • 40025141746
OCLC
893709536
Author
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Title
The journey of "a good type" : from artistry to ethnography in early Japanese photographs / David Odo ; foreword by Elizabeth Edwards.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index.
Added Author
Odo, David, author.
Other Standard Identifier
40025141746
Research Call Number
MFW 15-1787
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