Teijiro Takagi

Working in Kobe in the early 1900s, Teijiro Takagi was a Japanese photographer and publisher associated with the Tamamura photographic studio. Sources found during research describe him as a student of Kozaburo Tamamura who went on to manage the Kobe branch and later take it over, continuing to publish for a time under the Tamamura name.

He is remembered for illustrated books and collotype albums in English that presented scenes of Japanese life to overseas visitors and readers. Works linked to his name include In and Out of Kobe, The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage, Girls' Pastimes in Japan, and other volumes on tea ceremony, rice, chrysanthemums, and local life.

Several sources suggest he was born around 1875, and that from 1914 he traded as the T. Takagi Photographic Studio & Art Gallery. His books are now valued not only as travel and cultural publications, but also as vivid visual records of Meiji-era Japan.