Kusakabe Kimbei

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.

Source: “Kusakabe Kimbei”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt