~~ Book 1906251224 ~~Illustrations of Japanese Life
Reproduced by K. by K. Ogawa
Hand-colored Collotypes (12) on Crepe Paper
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Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. The binding is solid and none of the pages are split or broken at the fold. There is scattered light foxing throughout. There is light to moderate curling along the cover edges at the top bottom and adjacent to the spine. There is scattered light foxing throughout. Representative pages showing this foxing are here.
The front and back covers account for 2 folded leaves. For this book, I have seen two covers with two different designs, I call the front cover of this book type A. The difference is in the flower illustration on the lantern. The first internal page has the Title Page (front) and Preface (back). The date which is found on the preface of the first edition is no longer present. The other 6 folded pages have a photograph - front and back. The focus of this book is Women. The photographs include, 1) The "Suw Ari-Odori", 2) Backyard of a Tea House, 3) Venturing Out in the Rain, 4) "Sayonara" (Goodbye), 5) Letter Writing, 6) Morning Toilet, 7) Buddhist Priests Conspicuous, 8) Two Ladies in Full Dress, 9) The Cherry, 10) The "Amma" (Shampooer), 11) The "Kamishino" (Ancient Ceremonial Dress) and 12) Japanese Maiden. The last 3 images were changed in later editions of this book. While the picture areas vary slightly, the norm is 7 x 5 1/2 in - 17.8 x 13.4 cm. In the preface, K. Ogawa states:
I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Messrs. Tamamura and S. Kajima, as well as Prof. Burton, for several of the plates in this volume. For information on Kazumasa Ogawa, click here.
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Dating this Book
 The 4 rows of Japanese writing at the right give dates and editions. Starting at the right and reading left they indicate:
Meiji 29 (1896) - 1st edition printed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
