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Japan's photo tomb that contained a historic legacy.txt
5:57Japan's photo tomb that contained a historic legacyIn 1883,casa loteria shibata pioneering photographer Ukai Gyokusen buried several hundred of his glass negatives in a Tokyo cemetery - an act he considered as preservation.He passed away die four years later, buried next to his photographs and with two tombstones detailing his life and career. With him went almost any evidence and historic recognition for his work.But long before then, in 1861, it was Ukai who opened what is now thought to have been the first professional Japanese photo studio - "Eishindō" (which can be translated as 'Hall of True Images').Only recently is his life and work re-emerging from the ground to claim its rightful place in Japanese photographic history. 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