9637143
- TitlePhotograph album of views in Sydney, New South Wales, portraits of family and friends, and photographs taken in Japan, [1910s] / compiled by Ichiro Kagiyama
- Creator
- Call numberPXE 1757
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
[1910s] - Type of material
- Reference code9637143
- Physical Description156 photographs (1 album) - black & white, 2 hand coloured
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Ichiro Kagiyama was a Japanese photographer who lived in Sydney from the early to mid-twentieth century. There are differing accounts of his birthdate (sometime between 1882 and 1890 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan), and the circumstances and year of his arrival in Australia, but by the mid-1910s he was developing his skills and interest in photography. He joined the Photographic Society of NSW in 1914, attending outings to parks surrounding Sydney where members practised their craft, and exhibited his photographs in both Sydney and Japan. Kagiyama married Cicelia Howard Walker in Sydney in 1916. They had two children but were divorced in 1934. In that year, Kagiyama returned to Japan, where he remarried. On his return to Sydney he began working for ‘The Home’ magazine, which published his photographs between 1935 and 1938, in addition to operating his commercial photographic studio. Kagiyama and his wife left Australia in 1941 on board a Japanese repatriation ship. He worked as an interpreter for the occupying forces after World War II and operated a professional studio in Takayama. He died in 1965.
Reference:
Melissa Miles (2017) Ichiro Kagiyama in Early Twentieth Century Sydney, Japanese Studies, 37:1, 89-116, DOI: 10.1080/10371397.2017.1296753 (accessed 21 May 2019) - Collection historyThe album was bequeathed to one of Kagiyama's long-time friends in Japan, remaining in that family's possession until it was given to Professor Melissa Miles when she was in Takayama, Japan, researching Australian-Japanese photographic relations.
- Scope and ContentCloth covered photograph album with string binding, compiled by Ichiro Kagiyama and containing 156 black & white photographs, two of which are hand coloured. One of the photographs is loose, while the remainder are glued to the album pages. Some photographs are captioned in English and/or Japanese and some are dated 1914 or 1915. The album includes photographs taken by Kagiyama and others, including commercially produced Japanese photographs.
Page 1: [Pictorialist landscapes of trees and water]. 3 photographs
Page 2: [Garden]. 2 photographs, joined as panorama
Page 3: Burn’s statue [i.e. Robert Burns statue in the Domain]; Sydney Art Gallery [i.e. Art Gallery of N.S.W.]; Hyde Park Sydney. 4 photographs
Page 4: Scenes in National Park N.S.W.; [Japanese festival float]. 4 photographs
Page 5: National Park N.S.W. 4 photographs
Page 6: Scenes in National Park N.S.W.; [Portrait of Ichiro Kagiyama]. 4 photographs
Page 7: Scenes in National Park N.S.W. 4 photographs
Page 8: Sydney University. 2 photographs
Page 9: Australian Fleet in Sydney [Harbour]. 4 photographs
Page 10: [Central Railway Station]; [Hyde Park]. 4 photographs
Page 11: [Sydney street scenes]. 8 photographs
Page 12: Thirroul N.S.W.; Manly N.S.W. 4 photographs
Page 13: Scenes in Manly N.S.W. 4 photographs
Page 14: [Bay and jetty]; [Man in car]; [Family on porch of house ‘Kumania’]. 3 photographs
Page 15: Some scenes in Sydney Harbour. 5 photographs
Page 16: [Northbridge]; [Japanese men and women]; [Japanese scene]. 3 photographs
Page 17: [Northbridge]; [Sydney military parade]. 5 photographs
Page 18: [Japanese women]; [Garden with bridge over pond]. 3 photographs
Page 19: [Unidentified waterways]. 4 photographs
Page 20: Some scenes in Botanical Garden Sydney; Governor Phillip’s statue. 4 photographs
Page 21: Some scenes in Botanical Garden Sydney. 5 photographs
Page 22: [Sydney Harbour]. 4 photographs
Page 23: [Wonderland City in Tamarama]; [Sydney Harbour]. 4 photographs
Page 24: [Japanese men]; [White City Amusement Park]. 3 photographs
Page 25: Scenes in White City Rushcutters Bay Sydney; The Japanese Village in White City. 4 photographs
Page 26: [Japanese-Australian family groups] photographed in January Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 27: [Families and houses]. 5 photographs
Page 28: [Young girl]; [Ichiro Kagiyama and crew of the ship ‘Aso’, 1915]; [Japanese boy]. 3 photographs
Page 29: [Sydney Harbour]; [Royal Easter Show]; [Departing ship]; [Japanese wedding portrait]. 7 photographs
Page 30: [Japanese child post-mortem]; [Rural and street scenes]. 4 photographs
Page 31: [Japanese women]; [Rock-strewn hillside]; Thirroul coal mine N.S.W. 3 photographs
Page 32: [Ichiro Kagiyama, Hideo Kuwahata, his wife Mary and unidentified guests] taken in Mr Kuwahata’s garden [Mikado Farm in Broughton Street] Guildford – photographed in March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 33: [Ichiro Kagiyama, Hideo Kuwahata, his wife Mary, their sons and other guests] taken in Mr Kuwahata’s garden [Mikado Farm in Broughton Street] Guildford – photographed in March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 3 photographs
Page 34: N.S.W. Police & Fire Brigade Sports held on 27th Feb 1915; [Sydney street parade]; [Street scene with tram]. 4 photographs, 2 joined as panorama
Page 35: Busy Sydney; York Street near Victoria Market – photographed in March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 36: Centen[n]ial Park 7/3/15 – photographed in March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 37: Centen[n]ial Park 7/3/14 – photographed on 7 March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]; National Park 14/3/15 - photographed on 14 March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 38: [Ichiro Kagiyama and unidentified man] photographed in National Park on 14 March Taisho [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 2 photographs
Page 39: [Mikado Farm in Guildford]; [Japanese woman]; [Ichiro Kagiyama in National Park] photographed on 14 March Taisho 4 [1915 – translation of Japanese script]. 3 photographs
Page 40: [Street parade in Sydney]; [Interior view with camera]; [Young Japanese boy]. 4 photographs
Page 41: [Ichiro Kagiyama and unidentified woman]; [Children]; [Japanese woman]. 3 photographs
Page 42: [Boating party; various portraits including Ichiro Kagiyama]. 6 photographs
Loose: [Group of Japanese women]. 1 photograph stamped on reverse 'I. Kagiyama – Advertising Photographer – 12 Minton House – 2 Bayswater Road – Kings Cross' - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Published InformationMelissa Miles' article Ichiro Kagiyama in early twentieth century Sydney, Japanese Studies, 2017, examines the photographs and their significance in detail.
- Description source
Some photographs identified by reference to Melissa Miles' article Ichiro Kagiyama in early twentieth century Sydney, Japanese Studies, 2017 - Subject
- PlaceArt Gallery of New South Wales
Centennial Park (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Central Railway Station (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Guildford (N.S.W.)
Hyde Park (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Manly (N.S.W.)
Northbridge (N.S.W.)
Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Royal National Park (N.S.W.)
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
Thirroul (N.S.W.)
University of Sydney (N.S.W.)
White City (Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W.)
Wonderland City (Tamarama Beach, N.S.W.)
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