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Japan: 'The Antique Shop' by Japanese photographer Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904) c. 1880s-1890s

Japan: 'The Antique Shop'  by Japanese photographer Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904) c. 1880s-1890s

Ueno Hikoma (上野 彦馬, October 15, 1838 – May 22, 1904) was a pioneer Japanese photographer, born in Nagasaki. He is noted for his fine portraits, often of important Japanese and foreign figures, and for his excellent landscapes, particularly of Nagasaki and its surroundings. Ueno was a major figure in nineteenth-century Japanese photography as a commercially and artistically successful photographer and as an instructor.

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