Illustrations of Japanese Life (Horizontal Format - Primarily Trades & Industries)

Published by K. Ogawa, Tokyo, 1896

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Seller: George C. Baxley, Alamogordo, NM, U.S.A.George C. Baxley

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1st Edition, Meiji 29 (1896), 8vo (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in - 19.3 x 25.9 cm), crepe paper, 12 hand colored collotypes, with yellow silk ties, 7 folded leaves with stiffener paper in between, the front and back cover are not folded pages, 14 pages in total (covers not counted). This is one in a series of collotype books with this same title published by K. Ogawa. The first folded page has the Title Page (front) and Preface (back). The six folded pages that follow have a photographic image, reproduced in collotype, front and back. The focus of this book is trades and industries of Japan. The photographs include: 1) The "Hatsuni" (The First Stock of New Year's Goods), 2) An Ox Cart, 3) Carpenters at Work, 4) Porcelain Ware Shop, 5) A Vegetable Dealer, 6) The "Kakubeshishi," 7) Farmers in the Rice Swamp, 8) Rice Planting, 9) "Hakimono" (Clogs), 10) Vegetable Dealer's Shop, 11) Farmers in a Yard & 12) The "Kago" (The Palanquin) While the picture areas vary slightly, the norm is 7 x 5 1/2 in - 17.8 x 13.4 cm. The collotypes images are all printed against a light yellow background and have been handcolored. ~ Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. There is a vertical crease on the front cover. Internally there is scattered light foxing, almost all of which is limited to the margins of the plates. No cuts, tears or marking. The spine covering is complete. All the pages are solid and unbroken/unsevered at the fold. ~~ More information, to include digital pics, available on request. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Illustrations of Japanese Life (Horizontal Format - Primarily Trades & Industries)
Author
Ogawa K (Kazumasa) & Takashima S. (Suteta)
Publisher
K. Ogawa, Tokyo
Publication year
1896
Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Dimensions
8vo
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Ogawa, Kazumasa, Photographs - Publications

George C. Baxley

Alamogordo, NM, U.S.A.

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We specialize in the books and lithographs relating to the Perry Expedition to Japan and books on 19th century western contact with Japan and Okianwa (Loo Choo). We are actively buying and selling these items as well as many of the 19th Century Color illustrated books and illustrated newspapers. Buying and selling Kazumasa Ogawa, T. Hasegawa and Shimbi Shoin illustrated (collotypes and woodblocks) books. Baxley on the www @ http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/0_book_pricelist.shtml

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Travel and Exploration., Perry Expedition to Japan - Books, Maps & Lithographs., 19th Century Western Contacts with Japan., 19th Century Western Contacts with the Ryukyu Islands., Non-WWII Reference Books Relating to Okinawa., 19th Century Illustrated Books - US and English., United States Exploring Expeditions of the 19th Century., Lithographs and Maps of 19th Century Japan/Okinawa and the Far Ea

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