シャシンシ オヨビ ニュウザイ ギジュツシャ ト シテ ノ キクチ トウヨウ コウ

In 1993,portraits photographed by Toyo KIKUCHI were found from the KUKUCHI family\u27s KURA (Japanese traditional warehouse). The number of the portraits is more than forty, and two albums with thirty portraits were also found. In New York, Toyo KIKUCHI had successed his new buisiness namely "Home Portrait" during the late MEIJI and the early TAISHOU eras. These photographs (8×10 inches) with brilliant highlight and deep shadow tones in sepia color were taken by him at his studio in New York. Toyo\u27s photographs, which were found last year, were evaluated by the current leading photographers as the most excellent studio portraits not only at that time but also with the modern sense of photographic art. On the other hand, Toyo mastered photographic emulsion technology in U.S.A., and he established Oriental Photo Industrial Co., Ltd., a wellknown manufacuturer of photographic materials, after his return from New York. Hitherto, Toyo KIKUCHI\u27s achievemwnts were known as the enterpriser and also the emulsion engineer in photographic industry rather than the studio photographer. The photographs discovered, however, are the definite evidence of his quite outstanding skills in studio photography. The authors worked out "The Exhibition of Home Portrait by Toyo KIKUCHI" which held during June and July, 1994 at THE SHADAI GALLERY. A part of this paper was prepared for the material of the exhibition and deals with the genealogical survey of Toyo KIKUCHI as a studio photographer and also an emulsion engineer