17 FEBRUARY 2009 was Enami's 150th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. Nobukuni Enami 江南 信國 (1859-1929) was the real name of Yokohama photographer T. ENAMI. Here he is in a moment of repose during a "Self Portrait" photo shoot that included this shot as well : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2383039735/ The above image was taken ca.1898, as Enami approached his 40th Birthday. It is also about the time his first wife died. Enami, who until recently had slipped through the cracks of Japanese photo history, is now known to have been one of the most prolific (and internationally active) Japanese photographers of the Meiji and Taisho eras. He was contemporary with K. OGAWA, KIMBEI, TAMAMURA, and others of greater fame, yet quietly shared his images and labors with them in many outstanding photo projects of the late-Meiji period. See a random list of 30 of Enami's contributions to the world of old Japanese Photography at the top of this Website page : www.t-enami.org/services It is with sadness that I report the death of his Grandson, KEISUKE, who passed away at age 75 on October 25th, 2008. It was only a little over two years ago that Keisuke provided Okinawa_Soba with key biographical details about his grandfather, clearing up some of the main mysteries surrounding the ENAMI name, and what actually happened to the Yokohama studio on Benten Street. Keisuke is survived by his wife Ryoko (a talented calligrapher), and two sons. His daughter-in-law, Chiemi, is a musician and teacher in Yokohama. Here is a 2006 photo of Keisuke and his wife : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2404573392/ For more commentary on Photographer T. Enami, go to the main site at www.t-enami.org/ ************************* The above photo is cropped from 1/2 of a stereoview published in 1900 by Griffith & Griffith of Philadelphia, PA. It was Griffith Negative No.1800, the first of nearly 200 stereoviews of Japan by T. ENAMI that Griffith brought to the market that year. Strangely, Griffith would not make a standard "Boxed Set" collection of Enami's JAPAN views until 1905. Prior to that, the hundreds of JAPAN titles were sold as "singles" on a pick-and-choose basis. Griffith would continue adding 100s more Enami images to his stock as the years passed, all of which proved to be best sellers to the world-wide 3-D-loving community during the last half of the Meiji-era. Here you will find the Internet's LARGEST COLLECTION OF T. ENAMI IMAGES : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388...