Lot Essay
Including portraits of priests, travellers, geisha and musicians, occupational portraits and studies of shops.
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'The People of Japan', circa 1870s
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KUSAKABE KIMBEI AND OTHERS
'The People of Japan', circa 1870s
Album of forty-eight albumen prints, approx. 9 x 8 in. to approx. 8 x 10½ in., hand-tinted, the majority numbered in the negatives, mounted back-to-back on hand-painted mounts, tissue guards, hand-painted title page, black lacquer with flying birds in gilt and onlay on front cover, g.e., 12½ x 15½ in.
'The People of Japan', circa 1870s
Album of forty-eight albumen prints, approx. 9 x 8 in. to approx. 8 x 10½ in., hand-tinted, the majority numbered in the negatives, mounted back-to-back on hand-painted mounts, tissue guards, hand-painted title page, black lacquer with flying birds in gilt and onlay on front cover, g.e., 12½ x 15½ in.