{"product_id":"a-career-of-japan-baron-raimund-von-stillfried-and-early-yokohama-photography-paperback","title":"A Career of Japan: Baron Raimund Von Stillfried and Early Yokohama Photography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuke Gartlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Career of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. He played a key role in the international image of Japan and the adoption of photography within Japanese society itself. Yet, the lack of a thorough study of his activities, travels, and work has been a fundamental gap in both Japanese- and Western-language scholarship. Based on extensive new primary sources and unpublished documents from archives around the world, this book examines von Stillfried's significance as a cultural mediator between Japan and Central Europe. It highlights the tensions and fierce competition that underpinned the globalising photographic industry at a site of cultural contact and exchange - treaty-port Yokohama. In the process, it raises key questions for Japanese visual culture, Habsburg studies, and cross-cultural histories of photography and globalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Career of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 2nd Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Studies (Kreiner Award).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Luke Gartlan's book is a compelling and enjoyable read, and contributes major new perspectives to the growing field of Meiji photography. It will certainly be the authoritative work on Raimund von Stillfried, but it is also impressive for its contributions to other important areas of Meiji cultural studies, including representations of the emperor, photography of Hokkaido, and world's fairs.\" Bert Winther-Tamaki (University of California, Irvine)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke Gartlan (PhD 2004) is a lecturer at the School of Art History, University of St Andrews. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed international quarterly \u003ci\u003eHistory of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor, with Ali Behdad, of \u003ci\u003ePhotography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation\u003c\/i\u003e (Getty Research Institute, 2013). His research concerns photography and cultural exchange in the nineteenth century, especially with reference to the camera's role in colonial-era visual culture, histories of travel and exploration, and non-Western responses to photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.1 x 7.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53529326879027,"sku":"9789004699755","price":110.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/dqhJgKfErC9789004699755.webp?v=1783032351","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-career-of-japan-baron-raimund-von-stillfried-and-early-yokohama-photography-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}