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Condition. The book is in Very Good+ condition. There is light staining and foxing on the front cover. Otherwise very clean with no foxing or staining. There are no cuts or tears. All pages are solid and uncut at the fold edge. A near Fine book.
Ogawa, K.
Takashima, S (descriptions):
Illustrations of Japanese Life, Tokyo, K. Ogawa, descriptions by S. Takashima, Meiji 44 (1911), 6th Edition, horizontal 8vo (10 x 7 1/2 in - 25.4 x 19 cm), 12 hand-colored collotypes on crepe paper, bound Japanese style and tied with purple twisted silk threads, 9 folded pages with stiffener paper in between (18 pages in total). This is one in a series of photographic album type books under this same title published by K. Ogawa. While the picture areas vary slightly, the norm is 7 x 5 1/2 in - 17.8 x 13.4 cm.
The front and back covers account for 2 folded pages. The first internal page has the Title Page (front) and Preface (back). The other 6 reproduce in collotype photographic images - front and back.
The focus of this book is customs and ceremonies of Japan.
The images (6th edition - 1911) are:
1) Greeting
2) Maple garden
3) Marriage ceremony
4) Playing the koto
5) Hanami flower picnic
6) Wrestling match
7) Jinrikisha
8) Ameya - taffy puller
9) Shiori - dry bed fishing
10) Picking tea
11) Sewing
12) Basket peddler
Many editions of these books were published and can be identified by the Japanese colophons inside the back cover (see below). This is the 6th edition of the book.
For information on Kazumasa Ogawa, click here.
Illustrations of Japanese Life, 1918, K. Ogawa
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Greetings
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Maple Garden at Takinogawa
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Marriage Ceremony
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Playing the "Koto" A Japanese Musical Instrument
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"Hanami" Flower Picnic
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Wrestling Match
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Larger Picture
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The "Jinrikisha"
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The "Ameya" (Taffy Puller)
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The "Shiori" (Fishing on the Dry Bed)
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Picking Tea
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Sewing
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Basket Peddler
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