Large Format Photo of Ahrens Picnic at Kawai Scarce photo
[Japan] Fascinating photo showing Heinrich Ahrens (1842-1886), his family and friends/colleagues on a picnic at Kawai. We haven't been able to discover which place named Kawai it is as there are more than one. Ahrens is standing in front of the tree in a white suit and his wife is to the right of him also wearing white and holding a hat on her lap. Ahrens arrived in Japan in 1867 and worked for Gutschow & Co. in Yokohama before starting his own import-export company in 1869 in Yokohama. He opened a branch in Kobe in 1876. Jakob Winckler worked for Ahrens before establishing his own business. Ahrens died of cholera in Yokohama in 1886 and is buried there. Titled on mount in pen in German, 'Picnic von Kawai Juni 1880'.
Photographer unknown. June 1880. 24.2 x 19.2cm.
In good condition. Minor loss of contrast. Minor age wear and a few marks. Mounted on thin paper. p36011545
