Japan Photographic Society (19th century)
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The was a Tokyo
-based organization of photographers founded in 1889 that continued until the closing years of the nineteenth century.
The JPS started as Japan's first organization for amateur photographers, although professionals too later joined. Of the fifty-six founding members, twenty-four were foreigners, and among these W. K. Burton
served as secretary.
The JPS arranged various photographic activities: criticism, modeling sessions, exhibitions and so forth. The members' works were published in the magazine Shashin Shinpō.
The society seems to have folded at some time shortly after 1896, as a result of the bankruptcy of its main sponsor, Kajima Seibei.
A later organization with the same name
is unrelated.
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
-based organization of photographers founded in 1889 that continued until the closing years of the nineteenth century.
The JPS started as Japan's first organization for amateur photographers, although professionals too later joined. Of the fifty-six founding members, twenty-four were foreigners, and among these W. K. Burton
W. K. Burton
William Kinnimond Burton was a British engineer, photographer and photography writer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who lived most of his career in Meiji period Japan.-Early life:...
served as secretary.
The JPS arranged various photographic activities: criticism, modeling sessions, exhibitions and so forth. The members' works were published in the magazine Shashin Shinpō.
The society seems to have folded at some time shortly after 1896, as a result of the bankruptcy of its main sponsor, Kajima Seibei.
A later organization with the same name
Japan Photographic Society (1924–)
Unrelated to an earlier organization with the same name, the JPS grew out of the and the Kōga-kai . Founded in 1924, its first president was Shinzō Fukuhara, and its other founding members included the amateur photographers Rosō Fukuhara, Kiichirō Ishida, Isao Kakefuda, Maroni Kumazawa, Yasutarō...
is unrelated.
Sources and further reading
- Matsuda Takako. “Major Photography Clubs and Associations.” In Anne Wilkes Tucker, et al., The History of Japanese Photography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8. Pp. 372–3.