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Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- The empty mirror; experiences in a Japanese Zen monastery. . Lee Jaffe - Japan Books Books on Japan Being mostly a list of my collection of books by Westerners visiting or living in Japan. Barry, but I was really surprised and gratified by his insightful and realistic portrayal of Japan from a visitor's perspective. He really nailed how language can be a barrier - forget deep understanding, just getting by can be a huge hurdle.

1867 ProcessAlbumen print DescriptionLeft half of panorama of city from bluff above, western ships in background. .Yokohama Harbor, Japan PhotographerBeato, Felice, 1825-ca. 1867 ProcessAlbumen print DescriptionLeft half of panorama of city from bluff above, western ships in background. .

Felice Beato (1825 - 1904) Originally born in Venice, Beato was one of the first official photographers appointed to the Crimean War in 1855. Afterwards he travelled to the Middle East, India and China. In 1861 his friend Charles Wirgman asked him to join him in Japan. In Japan, Beato portrayed some sensational scenes, like crucified and decapitated Japanese criminals, and the corpses of europeans slain by hostile Japanese. Beato produced many beautiful photographs of the country and people of Japan.

A fire besieges Yokohama and Felice Beato's photo studio is burned down. . This is one of multiple pages in PhotoHistory which a part of the PhotoGuide Japan Web site. 1646 The camera obscura arrives in Nagasaki via the Dutch settlement. (The daguerreotype was first introduced in Paris in Aug.
A good japan site: http://www.old-japan.co.uk/sentaro.html

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