Yanagawa, Shunsan

写真鏡図説 [Shashin Kyozusetsu] [= Illustrated photography manual]

Tokyo: Chugai-do, 1867-68. First edition, 2 volumes, pp. [56]; [68]; a number of woodcut illustrations of photographic equipment and techniques for development; original blue wrappers, title labels, printed paper labels on upper covers; good and sound, or better. Yanagawa was a student of Rangaku, or Dutch studies. He headed an early attempt at establishing a westernized educational department, which dissolved when the Shogunate fell to the Meiji restoration, and wrote a number of texts on western technology and culture.The text of this book is derived from the work of Rene Dagron, the French photographer and inventor. Not found in OCLC. Item #34521

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