419 - Japan

Japan Japanese lacquer album containing 50 original color photographs (albumin prints). ca. 1880. Landscape 8°. Black lacquer album with gold-embossed, illustrated front cover (fan-fold binding) (slightly bumped). The colored photographs, mounted on panels, measure approx. 9 x 13.5 cm or 13.5 x 9 cm each. Cityscapes with place names: Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Hakone, Kyoto, Island Sea, Hanedamura, Tsurum. Some cities are depicted from multiple angles. - Some photos are slightly faded, occasionally with minor spots. A decorative photo album featuring numerous photographs of Japanese cities with many people in the background. The black lacquer album has a gold-embossed, illustrated front cover. It appears to show two fishermen with ivory heads in front of a stylized Mount Fuji near Tokyo. The leporello album measures approximately 15 x 20 cm. The color photographs mounted on boards measure approximately 9 x 13.5 cm or 13.5 x 9 cm each. The city views include the following locations: Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Hakone, Kyoto, the Sea of Japan, Hanedamura, and Tsurum. Some of the cities are depicted from multiple angles. The album is in leporello format, with one photo on both the front and back of each fold. It contains a total of 50 photos. The album shows signs of wear; the corners and edges are bumped. The mounted photos are partially faded, and some are slightly stained.