Browne, G. Waldo
Takahira, Hon. Kogoro (Introduction):
Japan, The Place and the People, Boston, Dana Estes & Company, 1904 (©1901), 8vo, red cloth with empossed gold guilt title and white flag decoration on front board and gold embossed title on spine, 1 map, 16 full page color plates, 51 full page black and white plates and 256 text illustrations, 438 pp. A lavishly illustrated discussion of Japanese society, daily life and cultural assets at the beginning of the 20th Century.

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1. The Land of Gods
2. The Gateway of the Orient
3. First Glimpses
4. The Imperial Roads
5. The Modern Capital
6. Customes and Costumes
7. City and Country
8. Nikko and Its Temples
9. Natives of the Green Woods
10. Lakes of the Highlands
11. In the Wilds
12. The Eden of the North
13. Shadows of Departed Power
14. The Wonders of Atami
15. The Rip Van Winkle of Japan
16. Region of the Great Earthquake
17. Along the Inland Sea
18. The Heart of Japan
19. The Flower of Religion
20. Religious Festivals
21. The Pine of the Lovers
22. The Market of Mirth
23. The Star Lovers
24. Pastimes of a People
25. Indoor Recreations
26. When the World Was New
27. The Vikings of the Far East
28. The Five Hundred Year's War
29. The Conqueror of a Continent
30. Piping Times of the Regents
31. The Mongol Invasion
32. The Rise of the Shoguns
33. Sons of the Sword
34. The Revenge of the Ronins
35. The Soul of Japan
36. New Japan
37. Nen of the Times
38. War with China
39. The Shrine of Mammon
40. The Power behind the Throne
41. The Course of the Empire

 
Illustrations (323 in total).

Map, Full Plate (Color)

Color Illustrations, Full Plate (16 in total).

1. A Buddhist Temple

2. Walking Costume
3. Three Little Maids
4. Japanese Postman

5. Bridge at Arashiyama

6. Fujiyama, the Sacred Mountain of Japan

7. Jinrikishas

8. Wrestlers
9. Japanese Actors
10. A Cottage Garden, Mamakuta
11. Coolies Celebrating a Holiday
12. Tokio Castle Wall and Moat Filled with Lotus Plants
13. Whispering
14. A Kota Player
15. Writing a Letter
16. Tea Pickers

Black and White Illustrations, Full Plate (50 in total).

1. Fujiyama from Maeda Village, Tokaido
2. Peony Garden, Kanazawa
3. The Beautiful Iris
4. Bluff Garden, Yokohai
5. Chrysanthemums
6. Tea-House Garden, Oji, Tokio
7. A Typical Japanese Lady
8. Planting Rice
9. Kirifuri Cascade, Nikko
10. Chiusenji Lake, Nikko
11. Imaichi Road, Nikko
12. Sacred Bridge, Nikko
13. Tamadre Waterfall, at Yumoto
14. Reading a Letter
15. Kamamoto Castle
16. Kamakura
17. Lilies
18. Fujiyama from Orniya Village
19. Snowballs
20. Fujiyama from Iedzumi Village
21. Cherry-tree, Maruyama, Kioto
22. Junks
23. Plum Blossoms
24. kinkaku Temple, Kioto
25. A Tea-house Girl
26. Japanese Monkey Trainer
27. Nara Temple Gate and Stone Laterns
28. Nagoya Castle
29. Japanese Festive Decorations, Bentendori, Yokohama
30. A Toilet
31. Fujiyama from Orniya Village
32. Dancers in Shinto Temple at Nara
33. Public Bath
34. The Cherry Bank at Koganei
35. Cherry Park, Uyeno, Tokio
36. Wisteria Garden at Kameido, Tokio
37. Cherry Blossoms
38. Kago Bearers
39. Ferry-boat, Doshigawa River at Sagami
40. Tennoji Temple, Osaka
41. Garden Street, Shiba, Tokio
42. Daibutsu Bronze Image at Kamakura
43. Chrysanthemums
44. Karahashi Biwa Lake
45. The Morning Bath
46. Lotus
47. The Cherry Bank at Koganei
48. View, Uyeno
49. Nogeyama, Yokohama
50. Enterance to Uyeno Park, Tokyo

Text Illustrations (less than full plate, black and white), 256 in Total.