Nagasawa (Kanae) carte de visite photograph albums, approximately 1865-1890

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Summary

Title:
Kanae Nagasawa carte de visite photograph albums
Dates:
approximately 1865-1890
Creators:
Nagasawa, Kanae, 1852-1934
Abstract:
Extent:
84 photographs in 2 albums
Language:
Preferred citation:

Kanae Nagasawa carte de visite photograph albums. UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Background

Scope and content:

Carte de visite albums compiled by Kanae Nagasawa, containing studio portraits of Nagasawa and other Japanese students, many associated with the 1865 Satsuma student mission to Great Britain; and of Thomas Lake Harris and others associated with the Brotherhood of New Life activities. Most portraits of Nagasawa and other Japanese are contained in album B.

Biographical / historical:

Kanae Nagasawa (sometimes spelled Kanaye Nagasawa; original name: Isonaga Hikonosuke), b. Kagoshima (Satsuma) Prefecture, Japan 1852, d. Santa Rosa, Calif. 1934; member of the secret 1865 Japanese Satsuma student mission to Great Britain; became closely associated with Thomas Lake Harris and his Brotherhood of the New Life communities in Amenia and Brocton, N.Y. and at Fountain Grove in Santa Rosa, Calif.; the first Japanese national to reside permanently in the United States; credited as the first Japanese winemaker in United States and the first to introduce California wines to Japan.

Acquisition information:
Purchase from Michael Dawson Gallery, 2018

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library staff.
Date Prepared:
approximately 1865-1890
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Kanae Nagasawa carte de visite photograph albums. UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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