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Photographer Kusakabe Kimbei, 'View of the Great Buddha at Hase, Kamakura 1018 Daibutsu Bronze Image, Kamakura,' Meiji era, about 1890. Photograph, hand-tinted albumen print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf.
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The Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection contains over 1,300 albumen print photographs taken between 1868 and 1912 for the new influx of foreign travelers to Japan. Sold mostly in albums as souvenirs and guides to tourist sites, they include images of contemporary landscapes, temples, gardens, people, and performances.
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