60 Selected Pictures of Mikado's Empire -- Historic hand-colored photo book

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60 Selected Pictures of Mikado's EmpireFINE SOUVENIR FOR VISIT TO JAPANCoulored By HandThis well-preserved oblong-format book features 60 precisely hand-colored collotype plates. The book is undated but is likely circa 1912 and is a wonderful record of traditional Japan . It has a stiff patterned cloth-covered cover and traditional Japanese binding secured with a knotted cord.The book is in good condition with wear at the corner and edges and foxing on the first and last end pages. The photographs and inner paper are in very good condition.The 60 photos, each identified in English, are:1-Entrance to Imperial Palace2-main building Meiji3-Marunouchi Tokyo4-Nihonbashi St5-enormous bronze torii6-tomb 47 rohnin,7-cherry blossom Uyeno Park8-Kwannon Temple9-Kameido Temple10-Cryptomeria Rd11-Sacred Bridge Nikko12-Mausoleum... Nikko13-Kegon Fall14-Matsushima15-Enormous bog-rhubarb16-Theatre St Yokohama17-Sankeiyen18-Hachiman Temple19-Finest Daibutsu20-Enoshima Is.21-Mt. Fuji22-Fuji from Ohwakudani23-Fuji from Hakone Lake24-Fuji from Otome Pass25-Famous Nagoya Castle26-Futamigaura27-Fishing with cormorant28- Amano-Hashidate29-Shishinden Hall30-Kinkakuji31-Higashi Honganji32-Kiyomizu Temple33-Chionin Temple34-Arashiyama35-Arashiyama at foot Hozu rapids36-Torii Avenue37-Horyu-ji38-View Pagoda Nara39-biggest Daibtsu in Japan40-Kasuga Shinto41 read more