Photo album - Japon, époque Meiji – Album de photographies coloriées à la main – Hakone, portraits, métiers - 1880
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This first-edition Japanese album, published around 1880 and attributed to Farsari Adolfo and other contemporaries, contains 24 hand-coloured albumen photographs of Meiji-era Japan, including views of Hakone, portraits and scenes of everyday life.
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Japan, Meiji period – Hand-coloured photograph album – Hakone, portraits, trades and
Rare Japanese Meiji-era photographic album (1868-1912), dating from the late 19th century, composed of 24 vintage albumen photographs of Japan hand-coloured.
The album gathers views, portraits and scenes of Japanese life: women in kimono, interior scenes, reading and women's work, artisans and merchants, traditional costumes, travelers, transportation, gardens, streets and processions/festivals.
The photographs feature the characteristic hand-colouring of late 19th-century Japanese photographic studios, intended notably for foreign travelers visiting Japan.
Among the remarkable subjects is a photograph showing a female traveler carried in a sedan chair in front of the Hafuya Hotel sign in Hakone, a establishment located on one of the main tourist routes used by Western visitors in the Meiji era.
Possible attribution: Farsari Adolfo and other contemporaries of the period
https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/farsari-adolfo
The photographs are preserved in their original lacquered album mount, accordion format, with interleaved protective leaves.
Condition: antique album showing the normal signs of age: foxing, yellowing and stains on the pages and protective leaves, wear to the binding, some photographs more faded than others. The hand-applied colours remain particularly visible on several prints. Please examine carefully the many photographs, which are an integral part of the condition description.
An interesting set for both the history of Japanese photography and the history of Western travel and tourism in Japan at the end of the 19th century.
The photographs will be sold with the album and will not be separated.
Japan, Meiji period – Hand-coloured photograph album – Hakone, portraits, trades and
Rare Japanese Meiji-era photographic album (1868-1912), dating from the late 19th century, composed of 24 vintage albumen photographs of Japan hand-coloured.
The album gathers views, portraits and scenes of Japanese life: women in kimono, interior scenes, reading and women's work, artisans and merchants, traditional costumes, travelers, transportation, gardens, streets and processions/festivals.
The photographs feature the characteristic hand-colouring of late 19th-century Japanese photographic studios, intended notably for foreign travelers visiting Japan.
Among the remarkable subjects is a photograph showing a female traveler carried in a sedan chair in front of the Hafuya Hotel sign in Hakone, a establishment located on one of the main tourist routes used by Western visitors in the Meiji era.
Possible attribution: Farsari Adolfo and other contemporaries of the period
https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/farsari-adolfo
The photographs are preserved in their original lacquered album mount, accordion format, with interleaved protective leaves.
Condition: antique album showing the normal signs of age: foxing, yellowing and stains on the pages and protective leaves, wear to the binding, some photographs more faded than others. The hand-applied colours remain particularly visible on several prints. Please examine carefully the many photographs, which are an integral part of the condition description.
An interesting set for both the history of Japanese photography and the history of Western travel and tourism in Japan at the end of the 19th century.
The photographs will be sold with the album and will not be separated.
Details
Number of books
1
Book title
Japon, époque Meiji – Album de photographies coloriées à la main – Hakone, portraits, métiers
Author/ Illustrator
Farsari Adolfo et autres contemporains
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1880
Height
12 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
25 cm
Language
Japanese
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
25
Military Context
No
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