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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

10 things to know about the earliest photographs of Japan

Antoon Bauduin, a physician who loved photography

Antoon Bauduin, Group portrait on Dejima, c. 1865. Albumen print

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