Maeda Genzō

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Maeda Genzō (前田 玄造) (1831–1906) was a Japanese

albumen paper through Rossier. Maeda and Furukawa succeeded in taking a photograph with these materials on 28 October 1860, a day which is still commemorated in Fukuoka
where the photograph was taken.

References

  • Bennett, Terry. Early Japanese Images. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1996.
  • Himeno, Junichi. "Encounters With Foreign Photographers: The Introduction and Spread of Photography in Kyushu". In Reflecting Truth: Japanese Photography in the Nineteenth Century, ed. Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Mikiko Hirayama. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2004.