[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

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,

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

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

TAMAMURA, KOZABURO & KUSAKABE, KIMBEI; etc.:

[PHOTOALBUM - JAPAN]. A Japanese lacquer album with fifty hand-coloured photographs. About 1880s.

. A charming small Japanese album (18 x 13.5 cm) with fifty hand-coloured albumen photos protected with tissue guards, pasted on thick cardboard. The leaves are double folded. Original lacquered boards with gilt decorations on both covers. The album contains twenty-five photos of scenic views from different parts of Japan: Yokohama, Nikko, Hakone, Kamakura and Tokyo. Several have printed captions. The reverse side contains twenty-five photographs of people and costumes, many of women. Some foxing to the cardboard but all the photos are in good condition. This type of souvenir album began to appear in the second half of the 19th century in Japan. At first most photographic studios were based in Yokohama but after the 1880s several studios opened in Tokyo, Kobe and Nagasaki. See Terry Bennett, Old Japanese Photographs, London, Quaritch 2006.

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Book number: 100678

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japn, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, photo, photos, photograph, travel, exploration