Books and Manuscripts from the Japan Society Library
Books and Manuscripts from the Japan Society Library
Property from the Japan Society Library, London
A collection of photographs, including works by Karl Lewis (b. 1865)
Lot Closed
November 4, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Japan Society Library, London
A collection of photographs, including works by Karl Lewis (b. 1865)
comprising:
An album of photographs of travels in Japan: 187 various countryside and city landscapes
A collection of 15 photographs mounted on cards of various scenes including Nagasaki
An envelope containing 11 photographs of the earthquake in Yokohama 13th March 1909 by Karl Lewis, see below
An album of photographs recording happenings between March - October 1929
A collection of photographs by Karl Lewis
An album of photographs of a visit by Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, comprising 60 black and white photographs of an official visit to London in July 1959
An album of the Yokohama earthquake in September 1923 and a panoramic view of Yokohama, see below
A group of 19th century studio portraits on card, including a portrait of the Meiji Emperor and Empress
A group of 43 coloured photographs on various scenes
A list of photographs of the earthquake in Yokohama, 1909, see above
1. Street in China Town
2. Carl Lewis' Dark Room after the Earthquake
3. General Hospital, Yokohama
4. Roof of a Godown of Vivanti Bros
5. Mr Tegner's Residence
6. Ur Tegner's House
7. Side view of Ur Edison's Residence
8. Front view of Mr Eddison's Residence
9. Ceiling of Drawingroom of Mr Badison's Residence
10. Bedroom in Ur Eddison's Residence
11. Another picture of a Bedroom in Ur Badison's Residence
YOKOHAMA EARTHQUAKE, see above
13 March 1909
Photographer: Karl Lewis (b. 1865)
Karl Lewis, an American sailor and self-taught photographer, arrived in Yokohama and opened the last Western commercial photographic studio of the Meiji period in 1905. The studio closed in 1917, but Lewis remained in Japan until his death in 1942 after being arrested on suspicion of being an American spy. The earthquake of 7.5 magnitude caused limited damage.
YOKOHAMA EARTHQUAKE
1 September 1923
Photographer: unidentified
The Great Kanto earthquake struck the Kanto Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58:44 am JST on Saturday, September 1 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between fur and 10 minutes. This was the deadliest earthquake in Japanese history, and at the time was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region. It measured 7.9 on the Richter scale and caused 6400 deaths.