[CHANG, THE GIANT (CHANG WOO GOW)].

[Carte de visite photo of the Chinese Giant in Bournemouth] ca 1875.

. Original photograph of Chang, the Giant. Size: 6,4 x 10,8 cm. He is dressed in a Chinese traditional costume, most likely his performace outfit. Chang Woo Gow was born in Fuzhou (Canton) in the 1840's. He was well educated and travelled around the world performing as "Chang the Chinese Giant". His height was claimed to be over 2,4 meter!. In 1878 he retired from stage and settled in Bournemouth, where he operated a Chinese teahouse and a curio store.

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Book number: 100762

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, kina, chine, asia , asie, asiatic, asien, travel, exploration, photograph, photo, portrait

[VIETNAM - HILL TRIBES].

[A Collection of thirteen postcards with images of various ethnic minorities]. About 1920s.

. A collection of b/w photo postcards (14 x 9 cm) illustrating various ethnic tribes from the highlands of the northern parts of Vietnam (Tonkin). Vietnam was a this time a French protectorate with a French governor. These minority groups still live in the remote mountainous terrain and cultivate rice, vegetables and some raise animals. The people always wear traditional clothes whether at home, in the field, or in town. The clothes vary among the different groups. The pictures depict people of different tribes in traditional clothing including Hmong, Tay, Nung, Dzao, Yéo and Yao (Dao), from the provinces of Là Cai (5), Cao Bâng (4), Son la (1), Ha Giang (1), Huyên (1) and Yén Bâi (1). Some of the cards have names written in French and Chinese on the verso.

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Book number: 120546

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, vietnam, tonkin, vietnamese, hilltribe, minority, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ethnography, ethnographical, photo, photographs,

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr.):

Matsushima, (one of the three most famous views of Japan). Tokyo ca 1892.

. Folio. Six b/w collotype photos with printed captions in English. Protected by tissue guards. Original colour decorated wrappers, cotton ties, chipped at corners and spine. Printed title label on upper cover. Embossed marks throughout. Scarce.The photos depict beautiful scenic views from Matsushima, a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture. Ogawa was the renowned Japanese photographer who published this kind of collotype album to promote Japanese culture among foreigners.

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Book number: 121258

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, photo, views,

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr. & Editor) / [SHIGENOBU, OKUMA]:

A Model Japanese Villa. Tokyo, Ogawa Kazumasa, 1899.

. Oblong folio. (39.2 x 29 cm). Title in English, colophon in Japanese and 15 plates with 19 hand-coloured collotype photos. All protected by tissue guards with English printed captions. Original decorated crêpe paper binding, cotton ties, some minor dust-staining. (Small paper loss to title label on front cover). First edition. Beautiful photos of an elegant Japanese country villa which used to belong to Okuma Shigenobu, Prime Minister of Japan (1898 and 1914-6) and the founder of Waseda University. Includes images of the exterior, the inside formal rooms and of the lovely landscaped garden. Okuma Shigenobu loved growing flowers which explains the many photos of chrysanthemums in beds and pots.Kazumasa Ogawa, 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. This is a very fine example of Ogawa's expertise as a photographer and printer.

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Book number: 120972

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, photograph, photos, photo, architecture, villa, exploration, travel,

OGAWA, KAZUMASA (Photogr.):

Things Seen in Japan. Tokyo ca 1896.

. Oblong 4to. Title page, two coloured maps and 47 coloured collotype plates printed on strong paper. Captions in English and descriptive texts in English, French and Russian printed opposite each picture. Original green silk binding with embroidered floral design on upper cover, lightly rubbed, spine ends frayed. Gilded decorated endpapers. First edition (second edition 1919 with less plates).The coloured plates are made after photographs and depict views from famous places and well-known sights from different parts of Japan. Pictures of traditional ceremonies and festivities are also included. Occasionally a few minor marginal stains but overall a very good copy. Kazumasa Ogawa opened the first photographic studio in Tokyo in 1881. He produced several collotype albums to promote Japanese culture among foreigners. This is a very fine example of Ogawa's expertise as a photographer and printer.

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Book number: 121259

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, photo, photographs, album,

[OKIMONO / ] SOJI, YOSHIDA (Artisan):

[Photo album with a selection of one hundred Japanese ivory ornament pieces] No place. Dated 1894.

. Oblong 8vo (15.4 x 22.4 cm). Leporello folded album with fifty photographs of okimono pieces. Pasted on good paper. Each photo depicts two ivory okimono. Numbered in pencil below the image and a list loosely inserted with numbers describing many of the pieces in English. Contemporary cloth binding. Dated and signed on front paste down, probably by Yoshida himself. With English translation in pencil. Unknown photographer. Some minor wear, the photographs are in good condition, some lightly faded.A unique piece showing an impressive collection of ivory okimono carved by Yoshida Soji. It seems he also made netsuke and other carved ivory items. Soji exhibited at least one ivory carving at the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Okimono (literary "placed object") can be made of wood, ivory, ceramic or metal. During the Meiji period, many okimono were for made for export to the West. 

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Book number: 121537

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, art, okimono, ivory, ornament, object, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, sculptures, photograph, photographs,

STROEMHOLM (STRÖMHOLM), CHRISTER (photographer).

[MAGAZINE]. Japan. ETC. Stockholm, Förlag AB Radikal, 1981.

. Small folio. Pp. 128. With text in Swedish. Comprises several articles about Japan with many illustrations including photographs by Strömholm. ETC is a Swedish radical magazine published since 1976.

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Book number: 99490

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, photographs, photos, photo, photograph, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, exploration, travel, illustration, illustrations