T. Enami

T. Enami, 1898 (ca), Self portrait of T. Enami in his Yokohama studio, Stereoview, half, detail, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/26507

T. Enami

Born: Enami Nobukuni

Born: 1859, 17 February - Japan, Edo (Now Tokyo)
Died: 1929, 16 April
Gender: Male
Active: Japan
 
Trade name of the Japanese Meiji period photographer Enami Nobukuni - what the T. stood for in his trade name is not precisely known, but believed to have been "Toshi", a variant reading of the Chinese character "Nobu" from his first name. In any case, he never spelled it out, using only T. Enami during his entire professional career.
 
Care should be taken not to confuse this photographer with his son Tamotsu who was not a photographer but took over his father's Yokohama studio printing and selling his father's works after the photographer died in 1929. The studio was destroyed first by earthquake in 1923, and then again by allied bombing in 1945.
 
Stereoview publishers including Griffith & Griffith, Ingersoll and George Rose all used his negatives.

Genealogy of T. Enami

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