Ukai Gyokusen

Early Japanese photographer and owner of the first photography studio in Japan.

[https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0m1p4ly/japan-s-photo-tomb-that-contained-a-historic-legacy

Fascinating ! Thanks for this.

Yes, enjoyed seeing this.

Imagine all those images that were lost... It makes me wonder what had happened to all of my wife's great grandfather's negatives...He ran a portrait studio in her city in Japan, that I was able to visit (about 1991). He passed away years before that, though. His grandson (my wife's uncle) was into photography all his life (as a hobby). I should have asked him if any negatives still existed... I'm pretty close to him. He is the one that kick started my journey in photography, by giving me his grandfather's C330 (which I still have!). I'll definitely talk to him about his grandfather, more. Cheers and thank you for sharing @MartinCrabtree

Archivists are underappreciated @Andrew O'Neill , I wish there were more of them, so much has been lost.