Vintage CDVs photos late Qing Dynasty (circa 1860s–1880s) & vintage Meiji-era For Sale

This vintage Carte de Visite (CDV) photograph dates back to the late Qing Dynasty (circa 1860s–1880s) andMeiji-eraGood condition, no scratchmarks, typical foxings.The images capture key historical and cultural details from late 19th-century China and Japan.
Japan's early photography scene was centered primarily around treaty ports like Yokohama and Nagasaki, moving into Tokyo and Kyoto as the Meiji period progressed.

• Kusakabe Kimbei (Yokohama): One of the most commercially successful Japanese photographers of the Meiji era. He worked under Western pioneers like Felice Beato and Raimund von Stillfried before establishing his own massively popular studio. He was legendary for producing highly detailed, hand-colored souvenir photographs of geisha, maiko, and everyday Japanese life.
• Adolfo Farsari (Yokohama): An Italian photographer whose studio became the premier destination for foreign travelers looking for high-quality, artfully hand-colored portrait cards and landscape albums.
• Ueno Hikoma (Nagasaki): Known as one of the "fathers of Japanese photography," his studio in Nagasaki was instrumental in training the first generation of indigenous Japanese photographers.
• Ogawa Kazumasa (Tokyo): A pioneer in photomechanical printing, his Tokyo studio was highly famous for producing color collotype prints and capturing upper-class Japanese society.
• Uchida Kuichi (Yokohama/Tokyo): Most notable for being the first photographer granted official permission to capture the Meiji Emperor and Empress in 1872.

In China, photography studios flourished in treaty ports like Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton (Guangzhou), and the capital city of Peking (Beijing).

• Pun Lun (Hong Kong & Fuzhou): One of the most famous and enduring early Chinese-owned commercial photography studios. Active from the 1860s through the turn of the century, Pun Lun photographed high-ranking Qing officials, visiting merchants, and theatrical actors.
• Afong Studio / Lai Afong (Hong Kong): Considered the most celebrated Chinese photographer of the 19th century. His studio was renowned for its exceptional technical quality, rivaling Western competitors. He captured pristine studio portraits, urban landscapes, and daily life.
• Tung Hing (Fuzhou): Famous in the 1870s for highly artistic landscapes and portrait work, often using delicate compositions that mirrored traditional Chinese scroll paintings.
• Sanyat (Shanghai) & Yaohua Studio (Shanghai): Shanghai was the epicenter of China's modern fashion and media culture. Studios like Yaohua were incredibly popular among the wealthy elite, high-class courtesans, and early film or theater actors for producing stylized portrait cards.
• Thomas Child (Peking): A British engineer whose Peking studio produced an invaluable photographic record of the late Qing dynasty's architecture, citizens, and weddings during the 1870s and 1880s.