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Japanese Photographer, 1899
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Japanese Photographer, 1899
Tokio 1899 [titled thus on front free endpaper]: an album comprising 50 hand-tinted albumen prints (210 x 268mm), the majority titled in the negatives, mounted on the recto and verso of 25 card leaves, the subjects including the Imperial Castle and Palace, Akasaka and Uyeno Parks, Shokonsha Temple, Komatsushima Garden, street and park scenes, interiors including 'Miyoko Dance' and 'Dancing Party', various street stalls including 'Millinery Shop', 'Coarse Wears', 'Slippers Shop' and others, a flower seller, pilgrims, 'Gathering Tea Leaves at Uji', 'Carrying Manure on Ox-Back', 'Ino's Meeting' and 'Dashi (a decolated [sic] car for the religious celebrations)'. Oblong 2° (275 x 352mm) album bound with Japanese laquered boards decorated with cherry blossom, the upper board inset with a Japanese lake landscape (spine missing, extremities chipped and rubbed). Provenance: illegible ownership? inscription on the front free endpaper.
Tokio 1899 [titled thus on front free endpaper]: an album comprising 50 hand-tinted albumen prints (210 x 268mm), the majority titled in the negatives, mounted on the recto and verso of 25 card leaves, the subjects including the Imperial Castle and Palace, Akasaka and Uyeno Parks, Shokonsha Temple, Komatsushima Garden, street and park scenes, interiors including 'Miyoko Dance' and 'Dancing Party', various street stalls including 'Millinery Shop', 'Coarse Wears', 'Slippers Shop' and others, a flower seller, pilgrims, 'Gathering Tea Leaves at Uji', 'Carrying Manure on Ox-Back', 'Ino's Meeting' and 'Dashi (a decolated [sic] car for the religious celebrations)'. Oblong 2° (275 x 352mm) album bound with Japanese laquered boards decorated with cherry blossom, the upper board inset with a Japanese lake landscape (spine missing, extremities chipped and rubbed). Provenance: illegible ownership? inscription on the front free endpaper.
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