Darkroom Photo Mirror - Anshitsushashinki

Japanese: 暗室写真鏡 - あんしつしゃしんき
Darkroom Photo Mirror - Anshitsushashinki

...At first, it was used literally as it sounds, to observe solar eclipses or to sketch pictures in a dark room, but in the 16th century, a convex lens was attached instead of a pinhole, and in the 17th century, the camera obscura, a dark box-shaped device that can be said to be the prototype of modern cameras, became popular as a "tool" for drawing pictures in perfect perspective. In Japan, before the advent of cameras, it was introduced by Sugita Genpaku and Shiba Kokan as a "darkroom photographic mirror" or "photographic mirror." The history of the camera obscura is not just that it is the prototype of the camera, but also tells the story of the original relationship between humans and images. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "darkroom photographic mirrors" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…はじめは字義どおり,暗い部屋の中で日食の観察や絵の下描きのために用いられたが,16世紀ころになるとピンホールの代りに凸レンズが装着され,17世紀に入ると現在のカメラの原型といえる暗箱型のカメラ・オブスキュラが完全な遠近法による絵を描くための“道具”として普及する。日本でも写真機が将来される以前に,杉田玄白や司馬江漢らによって〈暗室写真鏡〉〈写真鏡〉として紹介された。カメラ・オブスキュラの歴史は,単にカメラの原型というだけではなく,人間と映像の初源的な関係を物語っている。…

※「暗室写真鏡」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Anshibin - Anshibin

>>:  Anjichi

Recommend

art theatre

...The name "Art Theatre Guild" was coi...

Business development - Kigyoseibi

The term "company reorganization" refers...

cush-cush yam (English spelling) cushcushyam

…It is widely distributed in the wild in the trop...

Galicia (English spelling)

A historical region spanning western Ukraine and ...

Wide - Uide

...On the seventh night of the celebration, the n...

Hectocotylus octopodis (English spelling) Hectocotylusoctopodis

…In the families Hectocotylidae and Hectocotylida...

Volans (Flying Fish)

Abbreviation Vol. A small constellation around the...

Sado Shichidayu - Sado Shichidayu

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. ...

Mr. Ogata

A group of warriors in Bungo Province during the H...

Chuguji Temple

This temple is located in Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, I...

Breaker (English spelling)Bräker, Ulrich

Born: December 22, 1735 in Nevis Died: September 1...

Radio telescope - denpaboenkyo (English spelling) radio telescope

Radio telescopes are devices developed as tools f...

Agriotypidae

...Pilot parasitic wasps lay a much larger number...

Tales of Tenjiku Tokubei in Korea - Tales of Tenjiku Tokubei in Korea

A Kabuki play. Historical piece. Five acts. Writt...

quasi-stellar galaxy

…They are also called quasars, quasi-stellar obje...