Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 - 1932), Kozaburo Tamamura (1856 - ?) and unknown. Views of people, landscapes and temples of Japan. 1890s. 50 hand-colored albumen prints. Each circa 19,5 x 25 cm. Some with title and number in the negative in lower edge, mounted to gilt-edged album boards (slightly warped, some foxing/soiling), bound in contemporary decorative black lacquer album with relief scene and mother-of-pearl inlay (some pieces missing, a few small chips), with leather spine (rubbed), 32 x 40 cm. A very attractive album with many images of geisha, genre scenes and attractive landscapes and temples. Also inlcudes a print of Felice Beato's "Groom" 1868 (faded). – Some prints slightly faded, some with light surface scuff marks/scratches, otherwise in good to very good condition and with delicate hand-coloring. Lit.: Claudio Pescio (ed.). Ineddabile perfezione. La Fotografia del giappone. 1860 - 1910. Florence 2010, ill. p. 237. Alfried Wieczorek/ Claude W. Sui. Ins Land der Kirschblüte. Japanische Reisefotografien aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Heidelberg 2011, ill. p. 136 (wrestlers).
Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 - 1932), Kozaburo Tamamura (1856 - ?) and unknown. Views of people, landscapes and temples of Japan. 1890s. 50 hand-colored albumen prints. Each circa 19,5 x 25 cm. Some with title and number in the negative in lower edge, mounted to gilt-edged album boards (slightly warped, some foxing/soiling), bound in contemporary decorative black lacquer album with relief scene and mother-of-pearl inlay (some pieces missing, a few small chips), with leather spine (rubbed), 32 x 40 cm. A very attractive album with many images of geisha, genre scenes and attractive landscapes and temples. Also inlcudes a print of Felice Beato's "Groom" 1868 (faded). – Some prints slightly faded, some with light surface scuff marks/scratches, otherwise in good to very good condition and with delicate hand-coloring. Lit.: Claudio Pescio (ed.). Ineddabile perfezione. La Fotografia del giappone. 1860 - 1910. Florence 2010, ill. p. 237. Alfried Wieczorek/ Claude W. Sui. Ins Land der Kirschblüte. Japanische Reisefotografien aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Heidelberg 2011, ill. p. 136 (wrestlers).
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