Author: OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Ed.):
Title: The Hanami (Flower-Picnic) described by S. Takashima. Reproduced and Published by K. Ogawa. Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore, Kelly & Walsh 1897.
Description: . Oblong folio. Pp. (iv), (i) and 25 coloured collotypes, of which 24 made from photographs with captions in English. Including title and introduction in English by Suteta Takashima, and at rear a Japanese colophon. Original decorated silk-covered boards, g.e., gilt endpapers, extremities with light wear and covers slightly dusty. Title label on front cover. Scarce work with lovely colour illustrations of hanami celebrations, a traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of sakura (cherry blossom) and less frequently of plum (ume). The pictures are taken from three well-known flower resorts: Ueno Park, Mukojima and Koganei. Kazumasa Ogawa (1860-1929), renowned Japanese photographer opened the first photographic studio in Tokyo in 1882. He published this type of collotype album to promote Japanese culture to westerners at the end of the 19th century.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, flowers, sakura, travel, exploration, photographs, hanami, tradition,
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Title: The Hanami (Flower-Picnic) described by S. Takashima. Reproduced and Published by K. Ogawa. Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore, Kelly & Walsh 1897.
Description: . Oblong folio. Pp. (iv), (i) and 25 coloured collotypes, of which 24 made from photographs with captions in English. Including title and introduction in English by Suteta Takashima, and at rear a Japanese colophon. Original decorated silk-covered boards, g.e., gilt endpapers, extremities with light wear and covers slightly dusty. Title label on front cover. Scarce work with lovely colour illustrations of hanami celebrations, a traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of sakura (cherry blossom) and less frequently of plum (ume). The pictures are taken from three well-known flower resorts: Ueno Park, Mukojima and Koganei. Kazumasa Ogawa (1860-1929), renowned Japanese photographer opened the first photographic studio in Tokyo in 1882. He published this type of collotype album to promote Japanese culture to westerners at the end of the 19th century.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, flowers, sakura, travel, exploration, photographs, hanami, tradition,
Price: EUR 1300.00 = appr. US$ 1412.90 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 100256
- Book number: 100256
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