Japan 1908: Photographs by Arnold Genthe

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Jul 11 2018 - Dec 23 2018

In 1908, photographer Arnold Genthe (1869–1942) spent six months in Japan, taking pictures of its people and landscapes. This exhibition presents a selection of Genthe’s photographs from that visit, from idyllic natural vistas, historic sites, and bustling street scenes to portraits of members of an Ainu community on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, then a remote frontier of the growing Japanese empire. The photographs capture Japan at a time of dynamic social and technological development, an aspect the artist seems to downplay in his beautiful and serene images.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         

  • Photography
  • International
  • 20th Century
  • Culture / Lifestyle
  • Arnold Genthe

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