Author: OGAWA K.
Title: Sights and Scenes in Fair Japan [ 50 Coloured Plates, with an Additional 22 Illustrations ]
Description: Yokohama, Kelly and Walsh. 1917. Large Quarto. Complete with 50 coloured plates as listed, With an additional 22 illustrations pasted to blank verso of plates. The additional illustrations are a mixture of period prints and water colours.No date circa 1917. Book measures 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. List of plates. 1. The Main approach to the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. 2. The Cherry Season. The Uyeno Park. 3. New Street looking towards the Imperial Palace. 4. Display of Dolls and Toys on the Girl Festival. 5. The Imperial Palace Moat. 6. One of the entrances to the Mausolea. 7. Tokyo 'en fete ' The approach to the shimbashi Station. 8. A Private Parlour in Winter. 9. The Wistaria in blossom. 10. A Bust Canal in Tokyo. 11. An Irish Garden. Tokyo. 12. A Room in a Modern Department Store. 13. Loyus Lake in Tokyo Park. 14. The Celebrated Daibutsu. 15. Enoshima. 16. The 'Odori' a Dramatic Dance. 17. Miyanashita. 18. Peony Beds in Tokyo. 19. A View of the Sacred Mt. Fuji. 20. A Glimpse of the Pacific From a Train on the Tokaido Line. 21. The Fancy Carps made of Paper,Silk, or Cotton. 22. Grand shrine of Ise. 23. The Cha-no-Yu. 24. The Temple of Kiyomidzu. 25. The Kinkakuji. 26. A Summer Evening on the Kamogawa River. 27. The Higashi Honganji. 28. The Gate of the Kasunga Shrine at Nara. 29. A Scene near Kyoto. 30. Horyuji. 31. Posing as the Ancient Warriors. 32. A Tea Plantation with the Leaf Pickers at Work. 33. Dotombori. 34. Ama-no-hashidate. 35. Glories of Autumn in Japan. 36. The Feudal Castle at Himeji. 37. A scene in the celebrated ' No ' Dance. 38. A Peep of the Inland Sea. 39. Playing on the ' Koto '. 40. Miyajima. 41. Kintai-bashi. 42. Chiyo-no-matsubara. 43. The Ikebana. 44. Mt Aso, an Active Volcano in Kyushu. 45. In the Ground of Nikko temples. 46. Avenue of Stately Cryptomerias. 47. A Display of Chrysanthemums. 48. Matsushima near Sendai. 49. A Characteristic Japanese Dance. 50. A Typical Landscape Garden. All of the original 50 plates are coloured. Bound in original publishers Japanese silk boards, bound together with ties. Silk is rubbed and worn on edges, with wear loss on corners, dust/dirt marked, gilt title almost obliterated. Generally binding is grubby but in good solid condition. Internally, some dust or dirt marking to margins. Plates in good condition. A good solid copy.

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