Miss Toyoko 豊子さん

OKUBO Koroku 大久保好六

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
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