Photographs by Kyoto Seimikyoku (Research Institute for Chemistry) : the Records of Official Documents and Photographic Materials

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  • 京都舎密局の写真事業 --公文書と写真資料から--
  • キョウトシャミツキョク ノ シャシン ジギョウ : コウブンショ ト シャシン シリョウ カラ

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The photography, invented in France in 1839, was transmitted to Japan at the end of the Edo period and used practically from around 1860 in Japan. In the wake of the Meiji Restoration, the technology of the private sector progressively developed. Photography was also attracting as a new recruitment policy, and in Kyoto Seimikyoku was opened in 1870 for encouraging the development of chemistry. AKASHI Hiroakira, who was in charge of Kyoto Seimikyoku office, was involved with a photo business. However, the fact that the work taken by the office was discovered by a recent survey of old photographs and the Kyoto Prefectural government office documents, therefore the actual situation has become slightly clear. Summarizing that, the features of the Kyoto Seimikyoku's photo business are; 1 Photographing of the public facilities such as Kyoto Prefectural government offices and schools, newly developed roads and bridges, 2 Taking pictures of places related to the imperial family, 3 Having exhibited at home and abroad, such as Kyoto Expo, Inland National Exhibited and World Exposition, 4 Photo sales on site, 5 as a gift for guests inside and outside of Japan, such as imperial family, Hong Kong governor, British prince, etc.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 115 131-155, 2020-06-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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