Kajima Seibei

{{short description|Japanese photographer}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|鹿島清兵衛|date=September 2013}}

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{{nihongo|Kajima Seibei|鹿島 清兵衛||1866–1924}} was a Japanese photographer.Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. {{nihongo|328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers|『日本写真家事典』|Nihon shashinka jiten}}. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. {{ISBN|4-473-01750-8}} {{in lang|ja}} In 2019, Fujifilm Square in Tokyo sponsored a Photo History Museum Exhibition on his work and legacy, entitled, "[http://fujifilmsquare.jp/en/detail/19060104.html The Story of Seibei Kajima, the 'Millionaire Photographer' in the Meiji Period]." This exhibit presented Kajima as a trailblazer in Japanese portrait and landscape photography, who developed new techniques. For example, by devising large-format cameras to take oversized photographs, by experimenting with X-rays, and by employing the magnesium flash to take photographs at night.{{Cite web|url=http://fujifilmsquare.jp/en/detail/19060104.html|title=The Story of Seibei Kajima, the "Millionaire Photographer" in the Meiji Period|last=Fujifilm Square Photo History Museum|date=|website=|access-date=July 17, 2019}}