Hayashi Tadamasa:
Twelve Bronze Falcons Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893. Artist: Chokichi Suzuki, Exhibitor and Designer: Tadamasa Hayashi, Tokyo, printed by Seishi-Bunsha, 1893, large 8vo (8 x 11 in), an unbound folio with 14 black and white "Arto-Type" (autotype - collotype) with plates letter-press titles and lettering, 16 leaves (title page, remarks, 14 plates) plus a 9 page accompanying booklet.

This entire folio consists of:

1). Soft cover folio case with a cover with the title and color woodblock image of a falconer on horseback with falcon in hand.
2). Title Page.
3). Remarks - 2 pages.
4). Two unnumbered black and white "Arto-Type" (auto-Type - collotype) plates.

a. The first unnumbered plate shows "A Falconer, Artist, Chokiti Suzuki and Designer, Tadamasa Hayashi."
b. The second unnumbered plate is a wide angle view titled "Twelve Bronze Falcons." This plates shows all twelve falcon statutes on display shelves on a stage with a Japanese and United States flag in the foreground. The lettering indicates this image was from an "Exhibition at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo."

The folio, minus the 12 falcon plates, can be viewed on-line here.

 

First Unnumbered Plate
A Falconer. Artist: Chokichi Suzuki. Designer: Tadamasa Hayashi.
Second Unnumbered Plate
Twelve Bronze Falcons, For the World's Columbian Exposition (Exhibited at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo).
No. 1. Yellow and Green Gold	No. 2. Old Chestnut Bronze
No. 3. Clear Silver	No. 4. Platinous Shibuiti
No. 5. Smoked Silver	No. 6. Keitcho Gold
No. 7. Dark Shibuiti	No. 8. Shuentee Red Patina
No. 9. White Silver	No. 10. Shakudo, Wet Crow Black
No. 11. Yellow Gold	No. 12. Brown Kurumi
Lettering
Same letter press lettering on each plate with exception of plate number & description of the falcon.
Close-up of "Arto-Type" (Collotype) Printing