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{{Short description|Japanese photographer, printer and publisher}}
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| birth_name = 原田朝之助
| birth_name = 原田朝之助
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|9|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|9|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = {{JPN}}, [[Oshi Domain]], [[Musashi Province]]
| birth_place = {{JPN}}, [[Oshi Domain]], [[Musashi Province]] (present [[Gyōda| Gyōda City]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|9|6|1860|9|29|mdf=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|9|6|1860|9|29|mf=yes}}
| death_place =
| death_place = {{JPN}}, [[Hiratsuka, Kanagawa]]
| nationality = {{JPN}}
| nationality = {{JPN}}
| other_names = Ogawa Kazuma, Ogawa Isshin
| other_names = Ogawa Kazuma, Ogawa Isshin
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| occupation = photographer, printer, and publisher
| occupation = photographer, printer, and publisher
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[[File:Man, Burden Bearer, in Costume and Sitting on his Chige (Wood a Frame Used to Pack Goods) Near 'Spirit Post Guardian'; Stone Houses with Thatch Roofs Nearby (1886).jpg|thumb|1886, photo of Korean bearer sat on his wooden pack. Image shows the design of the thatched home behind and the guardian spirit post.]]
[[Image:Planting rice; Ogawa Kazumasa.jpg|thumb|Planting rice, Japan, 19th century, [[hand-colouring|hand-coloured]] [[albumen print]].]]
[[Image:Planting rice; Ogawa Kazumasa.jpg|thumb|Planting rice, Japan, 19th century, [[hand-colouring|hand-coloured]] [[albumen print]].]]{{More references|date=January 2024}}
{{nihongo|'''Ogawa Kazumasa'''|小川 一眞<ref>In modern orthography {{nihongo2|小川 一真}}.</ref>||September 29, 1860 - September 6, 1929}}, also known as '''Ogawa Kazuma''' or '''Ogawa Isshin''', was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[photographer]], printer and publisher who was a pioneer in [[photomechanical printing]] and photography in the [[Meiji period|Meiji era]].
{{nihongo|'''Ogawa Kazumasa'''|小川 一眞<ref>In modern orthography {{nihongo2|小川 一真}}.</ref>||September 29, 1860 – September 6, 1929}}, also known as '''Ogawa Kazuma''' or '''Ogawa Isshin''', was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[photographer]], printer and publisher who was a pioneer in [[photomechanical printing]] and photography in the [[Meiji period|Meiji era]].


==Life==
Ogawa was born in [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]] to the [[Matsudaira]] [[samurai]] clan. He started studying [[English language|English]] and [[photography]] at the age of 15 under [[Yoshiwara Hideo]], then in 1880 he moved to [[Tokyo]] in order to further hone his English language skills. One year later, Ogawa was hired as an interpreter in the [[Yokohama]] Police Department, while learning photography from [[Shimooka Renjō]] in Yokohama.
Ogawa was born in [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]] to the [[Matsudaira]] [[samurai]] clan. He started studying [[English language|English]] and [[photography]] at the age of 15 under [[Yoshiwara Hideo]], then in 1880, he moved to [[Tokyo]] in order to further hone his English language skills. One year later, Ogawa was hired as an interpreter in the [[Yokohama]] Police Department, while learning photography from [[Shimooka Renjō]] in Yokohama.


In 1882, he moved to [[Boston]] where he took courses in [[portrait photography]] and the [[dry plate|dry plate process]]. He also studied [[collotype]] printing in [[Albert Type Company]].
In 1882, he moved to [[Boston]] where he took courses in [[portrait photography]] and the [[dry plate|dry plate process]]. He also studied [[collotype]] printing in [[Albert Type Company]].


Upon his return to Japan in 1884, Ogawa opened a photographic studio in [[Iidabashi, Tokyo|Iidabashi]] ([[Kōjimachi]]), the first in Tokyo. Four years later, he established the Tsukiji Kampan Seizō Kaisha ({{nihongo2|築地乾板製造会社}} Tsukiji [[dry plate]] manufacturing company), which manufactured dry plates for use by photographers. In 1889, he set up Japan's first collotype business, the Ogawa Shashin Seihan jo ({{nihongo2|小川写真製版所}}), also referred to as the K. Ogawa printing factory. In the same year, Ogawa worked as an editor for ''[[Shashin Shinpō]]'' ({{nihongo2|写真新報}}, lit. Photography journal), the only photographic journal available at the time, as well as for ''[[Kokka]]'' magazine ({{nihongo2|国華}}, lit. National flower). He printed both magazines using the [[collotype]] printing process.
Upon his return to Japan in 1884, Ogawa opened a photographic studio in [[Iidabashi, Tokyo|Iidabashi]] ([[Kōjimachi]]), the first in Tokyo. Four years later, he established the Tsukiji Kampan Seizō Kaisha ({{nihongo2|築地乾板製造会社}} Tsukiji [[dry plate]] manufacturing company), which manufactured dry plates for use by photographers. In 1889, he set up Japan's first collotype business, the Ogawa Shashin Seihan jo ({{nihongo2|小川写真製版所}}), also referred to as the K. Ogawa printing factory. In the same year, Ogawa worked as an editor for ''[[Shashin Shinpō]]'' ({{nihongo2|写真新報}}, lit. Photography journal), the only photographic journal available at the time, as well as for ''[[Kokka]]'' magazine ({{nihongo2|国華}}, lit. National flower). He printed both magazines using the [[collotype]] printing process.

In 1886 he travelled to Seoul in Korea and to Incheon. He photographed scenes of cityscapes, palaces and everyday life. These are uncoloured images and illustrate the progress in his techniques.
Ogawa was a founding member of the [[Japan Photographic Society (19th century)|Japan Photographic Society]], which gathered photography amateurs from all around Japan. In 1891, he was charged with taking 100 pictures of Tokyo's most attractive [[geisha]], to commemorate the opening of the [[Ryōunkaku]].<ref>http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ogawa/ogawa_geysha.shtml</ref>
Ogawa was a founding member of the [[Japan Photographic Society (19th century)|Japan Photographic Society]], which gathered photography amateurs from all around Japan. In 1891, he was charged with taking 100 pictures of Tokyo's most attractive [[geisha]], to commemorate the opening of the [[Ryōunkaku]].<ref name=bookongeisha>[http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ogawa/ogawa_geysha.shtml Celebrated Geysha (Geisha) of Tokyo], Kazumasa Ogawa, 1892, Retrieved 10 November 2016</ref>

In 1894, he met the writer [[Alicia Little]] who was visiting Japan from her home in China. She was already a published author and she had a diary that she had written. Ogawa supplied photographs and it was published as ''My Diary in a Chinese Farm''. The book described their stay on a farm near the Yangtze River as they avoided the summer heat at their home in [[Chongqing]].<ref name="Mathieson2015">{{cite book|author=Charlotte Mathieson|title=Gender and Space in Rural Britain, 1840–1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZntECgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145|date=6 October 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-31882-8|pages=145–}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Ogawa Kazumasa}}
{{commons category|Ogawa Kazumasa}}
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.12kai.com/history/ogawa.html A biographical timeline of Ogawa Kazumasa]
*{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209064317/http://www.12kai.com/history/ogawa.html A biographical timeline of Ogawa Kazumasa]
*[http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/unive/ A selection of pictures taken by Ogawa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101001000446/http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/unive/ A selection of pictures taken by Ogawa]
*[http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/brink_15/f.shtml Flower collotypes by Ogawa]
*[http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/brink_15/f.shtml Flower collotypes by Ogawa]
*Bachmann Eckenstein Art & Antiques, "[http://www.art-antiques.ch/exhibitions/2003/photograph/artist/Kazuma/index.html Ogawa Kazuma]" (''Asia through the Lens''). Accessed 20 January 2007.
*Bachmann Eckenstein Art & Antiques, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20061012142523/http://www.art-antiques.ch/exhibitions/2003/photograph/artist/Kazuma/index.html Ogawa Kazuma]" (''Asia through the Lens''). Accessed 20 January 2007.
*[https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/3896/ QUT Digital Collections]


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Latest revision as of 18:32, 29 March 2024

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ogawa.
Ogawa Kazumasa
小川 一眞
circa 1913
Born
原田朝之助

(1860-09-29)September 29, 1860
 Japan, Oshi Domain, Musashi Province (present Gyōda City)
DiedSeptember 6, 1929(1929-09-06) (aged 68)
 Japan, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
Nationality Japan
Other namesOgawa Kazuma, Ogawa Isshin
Occupation(s)photographer, printer, and publisher
1886, photo of Korean bearer sat on his wooden pack. Image shows the design of the thatched home behind and the guardian spirit post.
Planting rice, Japan, 19th century, hand-coloured albumen print.

Ogawa Kazumasa (小川 一眞[1], September 29, 1860 – September 6, 1929), also known as Ogawa Kazuma or Ogawa Isshin, was a Japanese photographer, printer and publisher who was a pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography in the Meiji era.

Life[edit]

Ogawa was born in Saitama to the Matsudaira samurai clan. He started studying English and photography at the age of 15 under Yoshiwara Hideo, then in 1880, he moved to Tokyo in order to further hone his English language skills. One year later, Ogawa was hired as an interpreter in the Yokohama Police Department, while learning photography from Shimooka Renjō in Yokohama.

In 1882, he moved to Boston where he took courses in portrait photography and the dry plate process. He also studied collotype printing in Albert Type Company.

Upon his return to Japan in 1884, Ogawa opened a photographic studio in Iidabashi (Kōjimachi), the first in Tokyo. Four years later, he established the Tsukiji Kampan Seizō Kaisha (築地乾板製造会社 Tsukiji dry plate manufacturing company), which manufactured dry plates for use by photographers. In 1889, he set up Japan's first collotype business, the Ogawa Shashin Seihan jo (小川写真製版所), also referred to as the K. Ogawa printing factory. In the same year, Ogawa worked as an editor for Shashin Shinpō (写真新報, lit. Photography journal), the only photographic journal available at the time, as well as for Kokka magazine (国華, lit. National flower). He printed both magazines using the collotype printing process.

In 1886 he travelled to Seoul in Korea and to Incheon. He photographed scenes of cityscapes, palaces and everyday life. These are uncoloured images and illustrate the progress in his techniques.

Ogawa was a founding member of the Japan Photographic Society, which gathered photography amateurs from all around Japan. In 1891, he was charged with taking 100 pictures of Tokyo's most attractive geisha, to commemorate the opening of the Ryōunkaku.[2]

In 1894, he met the writer Alicia Little who was visiting Japan from her home in China. She was already a published author and she had a diary that she had written. Ogawa supplied photographs and it was published as My Diary in a Chinese Farm. The book described their stay on a farm near the Yangtze River as they avoided the summer heat at their home in Chongqing.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In modern orthography 小川 一真.
  2. ^ Celebrated Geysha (Geisha) of Tokyo, Kazumasa Ogawa, 1892, Retrieved 10 November 2016
  3. ^ Charlotte Mathieson (6 October 2015). Gender and Space in Rural Britain, 1840–1920. Routledge. pp. 145–. ISBN 978-1-317-31882-8.

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