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(JAPAN--CAPT. FRANK BRINKLEY) Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Sections I-X.
Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. With an essay by Kakuzo Okakura. Together, 10 (of 10) volumes. Illustrated with 10 color flower collotypes by K. Ogawa, 30 hand-colored albumen photographs by K. Tamaura, and in-text zylograph plates. Folios, each volume in original decorative brocaded silk covers, fading on cover, and minor wear with some fraying (especially at rear); each volume with off-white title block on front cover with gilt lettering section number and illustration. FIRST YEDO EDITION, NUMBER 47 OF 1000 COPIES. Boston: J. B. Millet Co., 1897
Provenance The Collection of Neil Robert Berzak
This set was intended to serve as a general guide to 19th-century Japan and is considered to be one of the finest primary visual sources on Japan before modernization, with its volumes organized into specific topics, covering Japanese festivals, history, and customs.
