yorkeantiquetextiles: A wonderful and very clear studio shot.  Following is a direct quote from

yorkeantiquetextiles: A wonderful and very clear studio shot.  Following is a direct quote from the FLICKR Okinawa Soba (a great and sharing antique Japanese photo collector) “ This 1880s studio pose of a lovely Japanese girl is by photographer KIMBEI KUSAKABE. He lists the image as view #40 in his 1893 commercial catalog of Japanese photographs. The hand-coloring on the above albumen print is also original from 130 years ago. Kimbei generally sold these hand-made prints to the intrepid tourists who visited his Yokohama studio back in the 19th Century.” -- source link

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