"Before Dawn - Unknown Pioneers of Japanese Photography I. Kanto Edition" Exhibition
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At Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
Media: Photography, Art Talk
The oldest discovered photographs of the Japanese are of the people that were on board the Eirikimaru and rescued by an American merchant ship. The oldest photographs taken in Japan were by Eliphalet Brown Jr., the official photographer for Commodore Perry's expedition, and of these photos, the ones that are in Japan are designated as Important Cultural Properties. Photographs from the end of the Edo period and Meiji era belonging to museums in the Kanto Region will be on display in this exhibition.
The exhibition comprises three sections: "Encounter," "Learning" and "Spreading". When the Japanese encountered photography, it was first studied by the leading daimyos and scientists of the Meiji enlightenment, and then spread by professional photographers. Over 300 works including photographs of famous people such as the 15th shogunate Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Isami Kondo, Yukichi Fukuzawa will be on display.
Commemorative Lectures
"Introduction to the history of photography from the end of the shogunate to Meiji era"
Date & Time: July 29th (Sun), 14:30-15:30
Lecturer: Norihide Takahashi (Nihon University College of Art professor)
"Photographs 'Before Dawn' - Are they images or objects?"
Date & Time: August 19th (Sun), 14:30-15:30
Lecturer: Keishi Mitsui (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography researcher)
-130 people capacity on a first come first serve basis, Free.
Workshop: "Classic Technique / Albumen Print workshop"
Date: August 4th, 5th (10:30-16:30)
Lecturer: Keishi Mitsui
-For High School Students and Older
-Fee undecided
-Capacity 20 participants each session, reservations start July 3rd
[Image: Eliphalet Brown Junior "Mitsuyoshi Tanaka portrait" 1854, entrusted by the Collection of Important Cultural Properties Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography]
Schedule
From 2007-06-30 To 2007-09-09
Closed Mondays (except July 16th & August 13th), July 17th, and August 7th.
Artist(s)
Renjo Shimooka, Felice Beato, Isshin Ogawa et al.
Website
http://www.gmat.gsn.ed.jp/e/etop.html (venue's website)
Fee
Adults ￥500, High School and University Students ￥250. Middle School Students and below and Handicapped Guests and one helper Free.
Venue Hours
From 9:30 To 17:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:On a Public Holiday Monday, the gallery is open but closed on the following Tuesday.
Access
20 minutes walk or 10 minutes by taxi from Tatara station on the Tobu Isezaki line.
Address
2003 Hinata-cho, Tatebayashi-shi, Gunma-ken 374-0076
Phone: 0276-72-8188 Fax: 0276-72-8338
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"Before Dawn - Unknown Pioneers of Japanese Photography I. Kanto Edition" Exhibition</a>
Venue: Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
Schedule: From 2007-06-30 To 2007-09-09
Closed Mondays (except July 16th & August 13th), July 17th, and August 7th.
Address: 2003 Hinata-cho, Tatebayashi-shi, Gunma-ken 374-0076
Phone: 0276-72-8188 Fax: 0276-72-8338
