A note in the photographer’s scrapbook says that this work was specially selected for a outstanding award at the Portrait Photograph Exhibition organized by the Japan Photographic society; but other details remain unclear. It is evident, however, from the photographer’s love-filled gaze that that his relationship to the girl was a close one. We also note the enormous skill and distinctiveness imparted by the use of light blue pigment in a bromoil printing process, a rarity for Pictorialism in Japan.
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Title
- Miss Toyoko
- Original title
- 豊子さん
- Artist Name
- OKUBO Koroku
- Year
- 1926
- Material / Technique
- Bromoil print
- Dimensions
- 27x28mm
- Accession number
- 10006697
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/14895/
