Description: Japanese Photograph Album of the Meiji Period Author: [ALBUMEN HAND COLOURED JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS] Title: Japanese Photograph Album of the Meiji Period Publication: [Japan]. (Circa 1890s) Description: Photograph album, black lacquered boards, elaborately inlaid (with some loss) over quarter calf, bevelled edges, gilt dentelles, endpapers gilt-flecked, all edges gilt, 36 x 27.5cm with 71 hand tinted albumen prints (most captioned with studio stock references), mounted over 25 thick card leaves, 31 full page 27.2 x 21.1 cm, and 40 quarter page 13.5 x 8.6, images with some fading and edges to the card leaves with occasional spotting and toning, but a very good handsomely bound assemblage. Beautiful photo album containing a collection of 71 hand coloured photos of Japan from the late nineteenth century, with a splendid lacquered and decorated cover. The photos are commercially produced images which were mainly sold to foreign visitors who had the studio place their choice of photographs in an album of their choice. Included in the album are views of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Nikko and Nara, and some fine images of rice planting, tea harvesting, boats, porcelain shop and street vendors. Some of are of scenery for example "Mississipy Bay" (Negishi) near Yokohama. Several are from the studios of two Yokohama based photographers: Tamamura Kozaburo (1856-19?) who at his height was described as "the best photographer in Yokohama" and Adolfo Farsari (1841-98) the last Western photographer of any note to operate in Japan. (see Terry Bennett, Early Japanese Images, Tuttle 1996, and Photography in Japan 1853-1912, Tuttle 2006) When referring to this item please quote stockid 155818. Seller ID: 155818 Subject: All Galleries, Ephemera and Maps Asia Bookroom Asia Bookroom is located in Canberra, Australia, specialising in out of print and antiquarian books of Asian interest with some quality new books. Our stock extends from new books hot off the press to rare antiquarian volumes, including a wide variety of books published in many parts of the world, some of which are rarely seen outside of Asia. Payment PayPal is preferred. Shipping All orders ship within two business days. Orders outside of Australia are shipped via Air Mail and can take 2 to 3 weeks to arrive. Very occasionally books are lost in transit. It is vital in these cases that we are informed promptly as it becomes almost impossible to trace, even an insured package, after a period. Please contact us if you are concerned that your parcel has taken too long to arrive. Our packing is of the highest standard and it is very rare for faulty packaging to be the cause. Returns All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a refund. Guarantee We want you to be 100% satisfied in all your dealings with us. We are experienced booksellers who appreciate the importance of condition and make every effort to carefully and fairly describe each book we handle. To ensure this happens we take great pains to accurately describe the condition of our books in cases, such as antiquarian or secondhand books, where a condition description is required. If you see no explanation of condition in a description of a book, you can safely assume that it is either a new book or is a secondhand/out of print book in excellent condition.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 3800 AUD
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Photographer: ALBUMEN HAND COLOURED JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS
Time Period Manufactured: 1890
Type: Photograph
