Artistic Japan - Choicest Collection of Lovely and Characteristic Views of Japan.

Oblong Folio. 24 hand-coloured collotype plates (measuring 14.1x39cm) with with printed English captions and facing tissue guards. Original brocade covers, slightly worn edges. Unpaginated. [Kobe], [Tamamura Kozaburo], n.d. [but ca. 

Tamamura Kosaburo (1856-1923?) was a noted Japanese photographer who first opened a portrait studio in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1874. Nine years later he moved to Yokohama where he sold souvenir collotype photo albums to tourists. In around 1903 he also opened a branch in Kobe where a range of panoramic albums were published. The present album does not have a colophon page, but there is no evidence of one being removed. It features an attractive selection of classic tourist scenes of Japan, which stand out for their panoramic format. 

Stock Code: 252572