Around the World. 1899-1900. Vol 2: Japan.

[Japan]: [c. 1900].

Price: $5,000.00


About the item

50 hand colored-albumen prints mounted on card. Each print framed by two original watercolor vignettes. Tissue guards. 1 vols. Oblong folio (12-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches; image 8 x 10-1/2/ inches). Lacquered wood covers with hand-painted title in gold; central vignette depicting rickshaw and passenger; floral motif background to front and rear covers. A.e.g. Spine neatly rebacked in leather. Fine.

Item #235312

Fifty finely pastel hand-colored albumen prints, some captioned in English in the negative, some with pencil captions. Includes scenes of Koyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe, and Nagasaki; Japanese junk, European steamer, a tea house at Tokyo, street vendors, Kabuki actors (including a member of the renowned Danjuro lineage), sumo wrestlers, dancers and geisha, as well as some studio portraits.

Each image is framed by two original watercolor vignettes, a total of 100 unique images mostly depicting scenes of nature.