Baron Raimund Von Stillfried-Rathenitz
" Biography
(6th August 1839 – 12th August 1911)
Of Austrian roots, Baron Raimund Von Stillfried was known as Baron Raimund Von Stillfried-Rathenitz. After a career in the army, Stillfried moved to Yokohama and in 1875 opened a photography studio, Stillfried & Co.
Of Austrian roots, Baron Raimund Von Stillfried was known as Baron Raimund Von Stillfried-Rathenitz. After a career in the army, Stillfried moved to Yokohama and in 1875 opened a photography studio, Stillfried & Co.
Stillfried considered himself as a photographer-painter the approach of
which was comparable to painting and which had a distinctive character
to it.
Parallel to this activity, Baron Raimund Von Stillfried trained new
Japanese photographers including Kusakabe Kimbei, whom he considered his
spiritual son. In 1886, he sold most of his photographic collection to
Kusakabe Kimbei before leaving Japan."
source: yellowkorner.com
View and Costume of Japan.
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Girl playing on gekin.
Fille de Shanghai.
One of Rainmud Von Stillfried-Rathnitz photography is currently exposed at the Brisith Musuem, for the exhibition ' Shunga, sex and pleasure in Japanese art '. very good exhibition.
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