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Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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444 points merothwell | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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userbinator ◴[09 Apr 25 21:46 UTC] No.43638374[source]▶
In case anyone is wondering whether these are real colour photographs, the answer is no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring#Japanese_hand-c...
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1. nearting ◴[09 Apr 25 21:59 UTC] No.43638493[source]▶
And it's also mentioned in the third paragraph:

> They were originally shot in black and white, then hand-coloured by artists — a technique common at the time.