Date of use : 1909 Japan

Japanese Photographer Tensin Murakami's Postcard to Rudolf Chaste

Japanese postcard used by Tensin MURAKAMI (1867-?), a Japanese photographer living in Korea. Murakami was a salesman of photographic equipment and also worked as a photojournalist. The postcard was sent via Siberia to the Rudolf Chaste photography company in Germany. Additionally, a violet colored stamp was used on the card. Rudolf Chaste, to whom the card was sent, is a shop selling various photographic materials. Additional information: Korea began to embrace photographic technology in the early 1880s as a way to strengthen the nation. Early photographers Kim Yong-won, Ji Un-yeong and Hwang Cheol opened studios in Seoul by purchasing cameras from Japan or China. However, due to the internal and external political turmoil of the period, the photographic styles and methods of these pioneers could not gain a foothold. Therefore, Korean photography during this period was dominated by Japanese commercial photographers such as Tensin MURAKAMI(1867-?) and Iwata KANAE(1867-?) until the opening of the Cheonyeondang Studio.

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