Kenji Ogura

For example, in Japan, Tamoto Kenzo (1831-1912) and others took photos of the systematic record of Hokkaido's development during the Meiji period, and today these photos are recognized as valuable documents of the era, with a value that goes beyond the photographer's intentions. In addition, the publication of The True Story of the Sino-Japanese War (1894) was also seen, which was taken by Ogura Kenji, a member of the Army Survey Department, and others who accompanied the war. Looking at examples from overseas, in 1855, the British photographer Roger Fenton (1819-69) became the world's first war photographer and took photographs of the Crimean War, and woodblock prints based on these photographs were published in newspapers.

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…　たとえば，日本においては，明治の北海道開拓の組織立った記録が，田本研造(1831‐1912)らによって撮影され，今日それは，撮影者の意図を超えたレベルで，時代の貴重な記録(ドキュメント)としてその価値を再認識されている。また陸軍測量部員小倉倹司らの従軍撮影による《日清戦争実記》などの出版(1894)もみられた。海外の例をみると，1855年にイギリスのロジャー･フェントンRoger Fenton(1819‐69)が世界で初めての従軍写真家としてクリミア戦争を撮影し，これを元とした木版刷りの絵が新聞に載せられた。…

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