A former enlisted man for the Union in the Civil War, Farsari became the West’s chief chronicler of images of Japanese landscapes and daily life near the end of the 19th century.
He produced sepia monochrome prints in his studio that were then hand-colored by local artists.
Samurai, Gardens, and Crowded Streets: Photographing 1880s Japan In Technicolor [Photography]
(Via Gizmodo.)
