Kimbei Kusakabe

♂ *1841-1934 / Japan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Posing Japan

UCR ARTS , Riverside (US)
1 Jan 2015 – 3 Jul 2015

Group

How Japan Became a Photography Powerhouse: The Beginnings

FujiFilm Square, Tokyo (JP)
1 Jul 2026 – 31 Oct 2026

with Ueno Hikoma, Uchida Kuichi, Kazumasa Ogawa, Kajima Seibei, Renjo Shimooka
Stanze Private: “Figura Umana”

Cartacea Galleria, Bergamo (IT)
13 Dec 2025 – 7 Feb 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Bill Brandt, Mario Cresci, Desiree Dolron, Frantisek Drtikol, Franco Fontana, Joan Fontcuberta, Adam Fuss, Paolo Gioli, Nan Goldin, Florence Henri, Eikoh Hosoe …
THE ADVENTURE OF JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY

Reisefotografie (1860 - 1890)

Brigitte March, Stuttgart (DE)
17 Nov 2024 – 15 Feb 2025

with Frederick Scott Archer, Felice Beato, Ueno Hikoma, Pierre Joseph Rossier, Kozaburo Tamamura
Le Japon en couleurs

Photographies du XIXe siècle

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Felice Beato, Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz
Shashin

Japanese Photographs from the Meiji Era: 1870-1900

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (US)
11 Mar 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Kazumasa Ogawa
RARE

A Selection of Rare and Unique Pieces

Hungry Eye < KAHMANN, Amsterdam (NL)
28 Oct 2016 – 31 Dec 2016

with Cecil Beaton, Paul Blanca, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Casper Faassen, Gerard Petrus Fieret, Rogier Houwen, Yousuf Karsh, Andre Kertesz, Barry Kornbluh, Helmut Newton, Frank Ockenfels 3 …
Scripts of The Bodies

Three Shadows Xiamen, Xiamen (CN)
12 Mar 2016 – 13 May 2016

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernard Faucon, Hisaji Hara, Eikoh Hosoe, Man Ray , Yasumasa Morimura, Yuki Onodera, RONG Rong, RongRong & inri
Pale Pink and Light Blue

Japanese Photography from the Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
4 Sep 2015 – 10 Jan 2016

with Felice Beato, Adolfo Farsari, Ueno Hikoma, Uchida Kuichi
Camera Nipponica

Photographs from Japan 1880-1930

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (US)
7 Sep 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Nobukuni Enami, Adolfo Farsari
Portraits of Meiji Japan

Photography from the 1880s

Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey (US)
13 Jun 2013 – 31 Dec 2013

with Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz
Koshashin

The Hall Collection of 19th century Photographs of Japan

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria (CA)
15 Feb 2013 – 9 Jun 2013

with Felice Beato, Adolfo Farsari, Uchida Kuichi, Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz
Im Land der Kirschblüte

Japanische Reisefotographien des 19. Jahrhunderts

Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (DE)
8 Nov 2011 – 3 Jun 2012

with Felice Beato
Mirrors and Reflection

Robert Anderson Gallery, New York (US)
17 Nov 2011 – 7 Jan 2012

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Lillian Bassman, Edouard Boubat, Brassai, Rudy Burckhardt, Robert Doisneau, Michael Eastman, Elliott Erwitt, Gerard Petrus Fieret, Fay Godwin, Andre Kertesz …
The Photographers 2011

Huxley-Parlour, London (GB)
2 Nov 2011 – 26 Nov 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, James Anderson, Thomas Annan, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Edouard Boubat, Samuel Bourne, Adolphe Braun, John Bulmer, Julia Margaret Cameron …
The Photographers 2011

Chris Beetles Gallery, London (GB)
2 Nov 2011 – 26 Nov 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, James Anderson, Thomas Annan, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Edouard Boubat, Samuel Bourne, Adolphe Braun, John Bulmer, Julia Margaret Cameron …
VISIONS OF FUJI: A Portrait of the Japanese People as Seen Through Mt. Fuji

Izu Photo Museum, Shizuoka (JP)
9 Jun 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Felice Beato, Ken Domon, Shinya Fujiwara, Hiroshi Hamaya, Shinzo Hanabusa, Taiji Matsue, Daido Moriyama, Rika Noguchi, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Shomei Tomatsu
Yokohama Photographie der Meiji Zeit

Zwischen inszenierter Exotik und historischem Zeitdokument

Galerie Claudia Delank, Köln (DE)
4 Jan 2011 – 2 Apr 2011

with Felice Beato, Adolfo Farsari, Ueno Hikoma
Interconnected: Works from the Three Shadows Collection

Three Shadows Photo, Beijing (CN)
11 Dec 2010 – 6 Mar 2011

with Nobuyoshi Araki, XING Danwen, Bernard Faucon, Eikoh Hosoe, CHEN Lingyang, Man Ray , Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama, Yuki Onodera, RongRong & inri, Toshio Shibata, Shoji Ueda
Timelines - Photography and Time

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
7 May 2010 – 3 Oct 2010

with Diane Arbus, Felice Beato, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Ponch Hawkes, Petrina Hicks, Lewis Hine, Rosemary Laing, Jacques-Henri Lartigue …
Japanische Fotografie des 19. Jahrhunderts

Bücherzentrum, Unna (DE)
4 Jun 2008 – 1 Sep 2008

with Felice Beato, Adolfo Farsari
Masterpieces of Japanese Photography

BachmannEckenstein, Basel (CH)
11 Dec 2004 – 22 Jan 2005

with Felice Beato, Uchida Kuichi, Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz
Invito alla Fotografia

Fondazione Sozzani, Milano (IT)
13 Dec 2003 – 31 Dec 2003

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Felice Beato, Karl Blossfeldt, Edouard Boubat, William Carter , Larry Clark, William Claxton, Roger Corona, Raul Corrales, Mario Cravo Neto, Edward S. Curtis, Alfred Eisenstaedt …

Events

2026 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: The Long View

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
1 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026

with Marco Anelli, Widline Cadet, Mitch Epstein, Julie Renee Jones, Stacy Kranitz, Kent Krugh, Heesoo Kwon, Sean McFarland, Osamu James Nakagawa, Kazumasa Ogawa, Trevor Paglen, Gordon Parks …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
20 Nov 2025 – 28 Nov 2025

with Lai Afong, Leopold Ahrendts, Merry Alpern, David Armstrong, Eugene Atget, Edouard Baldus, Felice Beato, Auguste Belloc, Guillaume Berggren, Erwin Blumenfeld, Samuel Bourne, Harry Callahan …
Photographies

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
5 Jun 2024 – 7 Jun 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Michael Ackerman, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Felice Beato, Alphonse Bertillon, Edouard Boubat, Pierre Boucher, Rene Burri, Harry Callahan, Lucien Clergue, John Coplans …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Photographie des 19. bis 21. Jahrhundert

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
27 Nov 2023 – 5 Dec 2023

with Leopold Ahrendts, James Anderson, Ottomar Anschütz, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eugene Atget, Edouard Baldus, Felice Beato, Auguste Belloc, Sibylle Bergemann, Samuel Bourne, Bourne & Shepherd, Bill Brandt …
Photographies

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
6 Jun 2023 – 8 Jun 2023

with Michael Ackerman, Lai Afong, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Jane Evelyn Atwood, David Bailey, Lewis Baltz, Gabriele Basilico, Erwin Blumenfeld, Edouard Boubat, Brassai …
Photographie

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
10 Jun 2022 – 13 Jun 2022

with Eugene Atget, Edouard Baldus, Samuel Bourne, Brassai, Adolphe Braun, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lucien Clergue, Eugene Cuvelier, Antoine d'Agata, Robert Doisneau, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Mitch Epstein …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
7 Jun 2021 – 15 Jun 2021

with Carl Albiker, Henri Bechard, Dimitry Baltermants, Max Baur, Felice Beato, Boris Becker, Francis Bedford, Sibylle Bergemann, Karl Blossfeldt, Felix Bonfils, Brassai, Rene Burri …
PHOTOGRAPHIES DES XIXE ET XXE

J.J. MATHIAS, Paris (FR)
29 Jan 2020 – 30 Jan 2020

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Paul Almasy, Eugene Atget, Henri Bechard, Edouard Baldus, Felice Beato, Denise Bellon, Felix Bonfils, Pierre Boucher, Adolphe Braun, Rene Burri, Etienne Carjat …
Photographs & photobooks

A l'occasion de Paris Photo - Collection Sudre et divers

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2018 – 8 Nov 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Laure Albin-Guillot, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Claude Azoulay, Edouard Baldus, Felice Beato, Eva Besnyoe, Werner Bokelberg, Edouard Boubat, Margaret Bourke-White, Bill Brandt …
PHOTOGRAPHIES

Collections & Propositions

MILLON Drouot, Paris (FR)
4 Nov 2017 – 7 Nov 2017

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Beard, Paul Marcellin Berthier, Bruno Bisang, Bisson Freres, Felix Bonfils, Adolphe Braun, Theodore Brauner, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jewgeni Chaldej, John Craven, Robert Doisneau …
Photographs and Photobooks

ADER NORDMANN DOMINIQUE, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2016 – 12 Nov 2016

with Ottomar Anschütz, Edouard Baldus, Peter Beard, Alphonse Bertillon, Bisson Freres, Mohamed Bourouissa, Brassai, Julia Margaret Cameron, Martin Chambi, Cyrus Cornut, Stéphane Couturier, Olivier Culmann …
24.39 Classic Photography Fair

Photo Discovery the Fair! becomes 24.39

24-39 / Photo Discovery, Paris (FR)

with Anonymous, Charles Hippolyte Aubry, Ken Domon, Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, Emil Otto Hoppe, Franco Pinna, August Sander, Tazio Secchiaroli, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Sudek, Burk Uzzle
Photographies Pour Tous

10ème édition

MILLON Drouot, Paris (FR)

with Brassai, Dora Maar, Duane Michals, Willy Ronis, Wilhelm von Gloeden