About the artist
Born into the Matsudaira samurai clan in Saitama, Ogawa embarked on his journey into the world of photography and English language at a tender age of 15, mentored by Yoshiwara Hideo. In 1880, he relocated to Tokyo to refine his English proficiency and soon after, in 1881, he joined the Yokohama Police Department as an interpreter, simultaneously learning photography from Shimooka Renjō in Yokohama.
Ogawa furthered his education in 1882 by moving to Boston where he mastered portrait photography and the dry plate process, in addition to studying collotype printing at the Albert Type Company. 1884 marked his return to Japan, where he established the first photographic studio in Iidabashi (Kōjimachi), Tokyo. Ogawa soon emerged as an influential figure among Japanese photographers and played a pivotal role in introducing commercial photographic processing equipment to Japan.
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