Lot Essay
Stereocards include images of Japanese men and women reeling silk from cocoons, painting porcelain, making pottery and picnicing; views around Japan; the Russo-Japanese War in the early years of this century including funeral processions, triumphal marches, wounded soldiers, and Russian prisoners. Other prints show views around Yokohama, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Hakone Lake, Kyoto, Fujiyama and Nikko and portraits of geisha, actors, farmers, priests, musicians, basket-makers, tobacco-cutters, umbrella-makers and people harvesting rice.