Kusakabe Kimbei

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kusakabe.
Kusakabe Kimbei
日下部金兵衛
BornNovember 24, 1841[1] or
November 27, 1841[2]
Kōfu, Kai Province, Japan[1]
DiedApril 19, 1932[1] or
April 19, 1934[2]
Occupationphotographer

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部 金兵衛; 1841–1934) was a Japanese photographer. He usually went by his given name, Kimbei, because his clientele, mostly non-Japanese-speaking foreign residents and visitors, found it easier to pronounce than his family name.[3]: 8 

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  2. ^ a b "日下部 金兵衛 クサカベ キンベエ", 20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten(20世紀日本人名事典) = Major 20th-century people in Japan : a biographical dictionary20世紀日本人名事典 (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan: Nichigai AsoshieÌ"tsu., 2004, ISBN 4816918531, archived from the original on 2016-11-21, retrieved 2018-01-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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