Bungalow on the Bluff, Yokohama, Japan
Felice A. Beato, Bungalow on the Bluff, Yokohama, Japan, ca. 1870, albumen silver print, Bequest of Fae Heath Batten, no known copyright restrictions, 1997.58.16
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- Title
Bungalow on the Bluff, Yokohama, Japan
- Related Titles
alternate title: Bungalow on the Bluff
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1870
- Medium
albumen silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 8 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription:
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
British
- Credit Line
Bequest of Fae Heath Batten
- Accession Number
1997.58.16
- Copyright
no known copyright restrictions
- Terms
When Japan opened its borders to foreign trade in 1854 following two centuries of isolation, tourism became a thriving industry. Visitors from the United States and Europe typically arrived in the bustling port city of Yokohama, where Felice Beato opened a photography studio in 1863. Tourists purchased his albums of photographs as souvenirs and carried them back to the West, where they enlightened armchair tourists who could not make the journey themselves. The area featured in this photograph is known as the Bluff—a section of Yokohama that Westernized rapidly to satisfy the needs of tourists and expatriates.
- Exhibitions
2011 One Woman’s Legacy: Selections from the Fae Heath Batten Photography Bequest Portland Art Museum
