Early photographs of Japan
A rare glimpse of 19th-century Japan
It was only by sheer good fortune that Antoon Bauduin's photographs escaped destruction in a house fire. Luckily, they were saved and restored. They offer us a glimpse of Japan just as it was opening up its borders, revealing traditions in a changing landscape.
Past exhibition
Antoon Bauduin, Group portrait on Dejima, c. 1865. Albumen print
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Felice Beato (attributed), Samurai, c. 1865. Albumen print
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Antoon Bauduin, Self-portrait with a fellow Japanese doctor, c. 1865. Albumen print
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Antoon Bauduin, Two samurai, c. 1865. Albumen print
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