Japanese photographic album c.1920-30s Part 2

April 2015

After the blockbuster Tattoo posting, here is a rather more still, quiet posting. Another nine images rescued from the dustbin of history…

I bought an anonymous Japanese family photographic album from Daylesford in country Victoria recently for $25 (US$35). There were many images missing, but the thirty that were present are just stunning. I have been scanning them and gently digitally cleaning them since, and this is the second of three postings on the images. I love their immediacy, their vernacular language and intimate feel and the irregular shape and cut of the prints. Some of the photographs are very small in size.

The serenity, the beauty and the attention to the form of the hair is quite captivating. They have me entranced. Just delightful.

Marcus

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Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-30s

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