ZZJPA7 JAPAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH LACQUER COVERS. N.p. n.d. (1890s). 53 hand-coloured and black-and-white photographs mounted in album. 27x32 cm. Lacquer boards. Leather spine, detaching and with much wear. GBP 1,800.00 Souvenir album of 53 photographs, the majority hand-coloured, a few black-and-white, of Japan dating from the 1890s. The last three black-and-white photographs, of a similar size, show scenes in Canada. Each photograph measures c. 20x26 cm. Eight of the Japanese photographs are untitled showing: a waterfall, a boat, Nagasaki harbour, Mt. Fuji, a rickshaw, and 3 showing Japanese girls. The remainder have the following titles on the image margin. Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour (different view) Harbour, Nagasaki Entrance to Shinto Temple, Nagasaki 100-Steps Temple Osuwa Osuwa Temple, Nagasaki Cherry Blossom Osuwa Park Road to Mogi (Tagami) Road to Mogi (Tagami) (different view) Road to Mogi (near a bamboo grove) Road to Mogi, Bamboo Garden 80 Harbour, Mogi Main Street Nagasaki 145 Harbour Mogi 143 Shimonoseki Choshu (Harbour Scene) 142 Shimonoseki Choshu (View of the Bay) B72 Matsushima, Inland Sea (Three View in Japan) Part I 82B Inland Sea A428 Inland Sea to Bingo A426 Inland Sea at Bingo (different view) No. 408 Fujikawa 9?? Fuji from Oh?ma No. 182B. Mississipi-bay, Yokohama No. 146B Yokohama No. 103 Yokohama 74B Street of Yokohama 1006 Main St of Yokohama 310 Creek Side Yokohama No. 339 Yokohama A715 Yomeimon Gate at Nikko 715 Yomeimon Gate at Nikko 760 Horimono at Nikko 750 Sacred Bridge at Niki 745 Imaichi Road Nikko 1117 Yumoto 1119 Yudaki Falls at Yumoto No. 111B Chiuzenji Lake No. 129B Chiuzenji Lake (different view) No. 290 Bridge (Made from a Tree) Near Chusenji 1113 Rinzu Falls at Chuzenji 1016 Rice Planting Following are three black-and-white photographs taken in Canada 1250 Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks 629 Glacier Hotel and Glacier, Selkirks Untitled photograph of railway, forest and mountain in Canada The last photograph of a Japanese scene: Shiwomi-Saki, Mogi. The photographs generally in good to fine condition, the very occasional small mark and occasional grubbiness on the surrounding paper. The album has black lacquer covers painted with a dull gilt cherry tree showing a section of trunk, branches, leaves and blossoms. Appliqued in bone, mother-of-pearl and metal are birds, leaves and chrysanthemum flowers. The covers somewhat loose. Leather spine worn and is detaching. Subjects: Photography Available, as of: 01/02/2019 Was item 324 in printed List 194. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.