TAMAMURA, KOZABURO: - Characteristic Japan. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun. Published by Tamamura, Photographer. Kobe, Japan, ca. Meiji 40 (i.e. 1907).

. Oblong folio. (19 x 42 cm). With lithographic title and 24 hand-coloured collotype printed plates on high-quality paper. Protected by tissue guards. Original silk padded boards, mount Fuji in embroidery on upper cover, purple silk ties, all edges gilt. The silk tattered along edges. Old inscription on front paste down. A deluxe edition, well-preserved.Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923?) was a famous Japanese photographer with a studio in Yokohama where he specialised in tourist photographs for export. In the early 1900s a branch office in Kobe was opened. The beautiful plates depict scenes from the countryside, gardens, parks, sea and temple grounds from different parts of Japan. With captions in English. A wonderful copy of a scarce work.