Fukagawa Itomaro
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Fukagawa Itomaro was the secretary and owner of the A. Farsari & Co.
photographic studio
. Following the departure of Watanabe Tokutarō
in 1904 or shortly thereafter, Fukagawa became the new owner. A. Farsari & Co. was based in Yokohama
, Japan
.
Adolfo Farsari
Adolfo Farsari was an Italian photographer based in Yokohama, Japan. Following a brief military career, including service in the American Civil War, he became a successful entrepreneur and commercial photographer...
photographic studio
Photographic studio
A photographic studio is both a workspace and a corporate body. As a workspace it is much like an artist’s studio, but providing space to take, develop, print and duplicate photographs. Photographic training and the display of finished photographs may also be accommodated in a photographic studio...
. Following the departure of Watanabe Tokutarō
Watanabe Tokutaro
Watanabe Tokutarō was the owner of the A. Farsari & Co. photographic studio. Watanabe initially was the firm's chief operator under the ownership by Adolfo Farsari and then Tonokura Tsunetarō. Following the departure of Tonokura in 1904, Watanabe became the new owner, only to be succeeded by the...
in 1904 or shortly thereafter, Fukagawa became the new owner. A. Farsari & Co. was based in Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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