Antique Japanese Hand-Colored Photo Album c.1900s (50)
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Antique Japanese lacquerware accordion style album with inlay (leporello) containing 50 hand-colored vintage photographs, recto and verso.
Early images of landscapes, street scenes, Geishas, religious sites, Tea rooms and daily life in Japan during the early 1900s.
Each photograph is mounted on a heavyweight paper stock.
Several of the photographs have typescript captions.
Images include.
VIEW OF FUJI.
VIEW OF HAKONE.
View of INOSHIMANAGASAKI (Several Scenes).
OSUWA TEMPLE.
BELLE-VUE HOTEL.
NAGASAKI w/ Sailors.
INASA.
MOJI HARBOUR.
Island SEA.
SUMA TEMPLE NEAR KOBE.
VIEW OF KOBE.
TEMPLE KOBE.
DOTONBORI, OSAKA.
LAKE OF BIWA AT OMI.
VIEW OF HAKONE.
VIEW OF YOKOHAMA (several).
FUJI FROM KASHIWABARA.
VIEW OF NIKKO.
TOKYO (several).
Album dimensions: 6 in. x 7 3/4 in., photos: range from 3 1/2 in. x 5 in. > 4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Condition: very good bound condition.
Provenance: private estate.
Early images of landscapes, street scenes, Geishas, religious sites, Tea rooms and daily life in Japan during the early 1900s.
Each photograph is mounted on a heavyweight paper stock.
Several of the photographs have typescript captions.
Images include.
VIEW OF FUJI.
VIEW OF HAKONE.
View of INOSHIMANAGASAKI (Several Scenes).
OSUWA TEMPLE.
BELLE-VUE HOTEL.
NAGASAKI w/ Sailors.
INASA.
MOJI HARBOUR.
Island SEA.
SUMA TEMPLE NEAR KOBE.
VIEW OF KOBE.
TEMPLE KOBE.
DOTONBORI, OSAKA.
LAKE OF BIWA AT OMI.
VIEW OF HAKONE.
VIEW OF YOKOHAMA (several).
FUJI FROM KASHIWABARA.
VIEW OF NIKKO.
TOKYO (several).
Album dimensions: 6 in. x 7 3/4 in., photos: range from 3 1/2 in. x 5 in. > 4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Condition: very good bound condition.
Provenance: private estate.
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Very good condition.
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Antique Japanese Hand-Colored Photo Album c.1900s (50)
Estimate $500 - $1,000
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