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Japanese landscapes, interiors and portrait studies, 1870s-90s

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VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
Japanese landscapes, interiors and portrait studies, 1870s-90s
Seventeen hand-tinted albumen prints, sizes approx. 7½ x 8 in. to 8¼ x 10 in. or the reverse, each mounted on card trimmed to image and held by corners on modern mounts, six with printed series labels, the remainder with modern printed labels on verso.
Provenance
The Lau Collection of 19th Century Chinese and Japanese Photographs, Christie's, 19 October 1994, Lot 63.
Literature
Bethel, Image, Vol. 34, nos. 1 and 2, Rochester: George Eastman House.

Lot Essay

Including images of geisha, Buddhist priests (illus.), a brush salesman, a funeral procession and views around Nagasaki, Yokohama and Nikko.

These photographs are from Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, edited by F. Brinkley, Boston, 1897-98.

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