Old Japan’s latest Catalogue #34 now available.
The new catalogue of 90 pages including many full-colour photographs is Old Japan’s biggest and most important catalogue to date. Commemorating 150 years of Japanese photography, it suitably includes many unique and/or highly important and historic photographs. For example, there are Bakumatsu stereoviews by Pierre Rossier, John Wilson and Shimooka Renjo as well as important albums by Uchida Kuichi and Felix Beato. There are also opportunities to acquire works by photographers such as Ueno Hikoma, Tomishige Rihei, Matsuzaki Shinji, Charles Weed, Wilhelm Burger, Tamoto Kenzo and many others. This is the first time that the works of so many key photographers of Japan have been available in one catalogue... click here

New Japan Photo Books Prompt International Award
The Photographic Society of Japan has given its 2007 International Award to Terry Bennett for the two recent publications 'Photography In Japan 1853-1912' and 'Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide.' The PSJ considered both works to be major contributions to the study of the history of photography in Japan.

New Photographs Added!
We have just finished adding to the site a number of interesting photographs. Included are photographs by Felix Beato (including a number of panoramas), Pierre Rossier, Thomas Child, Yamamoto Sanshichiro, Uchida Kuichi, Raimund von Stillfried, Kusakabe Kimbei, Milton Miller and Esaki Reiji. Also included are photographs of China, Korea and Siam [Thailand].

Japanese Photo Books - now released!
Two major new books on Japanese photography by Terry Bennett have now been released. 'Photography In Japan 1853-1912', Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2006 is the most comprehensive book yet published on the history of early Japanese photography in English. It also contains the results of recent painstaking research which throws much new light on the early photographers - Western and Japanese. 'Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide', London: Quaritch, 2006 is a compendium of old and new articles, number lists, facts and data and much else to make it an indispensable guide for any collector. Details of both and ordering details can be found on the 'books for sale' section of this website.

Pierre Rossier - Update
A few minor changes have been made to the historical article on Rossier in order to take account of the latest findings. For example, it now looks very much as though Rossier returned to Switzerland in 1862.