Author: Japan - Early Photography
Title: Album with finely coloured prints.
Description: Japan, Meiji period [1862-1912]. Concertino album with 56 pages with frames (18.0 x 12.0 x 4.5 cm), each containing a different, original photo. Patterned silk covered boards with bevelled edges. = This book contains photos of geishas, musicians, temples, ceremonies, landscapes, etc., each carefully coloured by hand in an attractive, natural way. Female beauty is prominently present. Images crisp, colouring accurate, a few photos with light fading; a few margins lightly soiled, with a few smudges, but generally clean. A unique item.

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