Condition.

Book. The book is in Very Good condition. The binding and cover are solid and hinges unbroken. Internally there are very scattered small stain areas in the plate margins. There is scattered light foxing but it is confined primarily to the plate margins. All tissue guards are present.

Folding Case. The folding case is in Poor condition. While all hinges are unbroken, the majority of the cloth covering on the sides is broken, scraped or missing.

 
Plate & Image Sizes
  --Image Area: 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 x 8 x 11 1/4 to 11 1/2 in (8.3 to 8.5 x 28.7 to 29 cm)
  --Page Size: 5 1/2 x 14 1/2 in (13.5 x 37 cm)

 
Tamamura Kazaburo published several collotype books/bound folio during the c1900-c1906 period.
These items are characterized by the rather unsual oblong horizontal format.

Links to detailed information on this material are below:

Unnamed Bound Folio of Tipped to Plate Prints (25 plates - 7 3/4 x 17 in (20 x 43 cm))

Characteristic Japan. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun (24 plates - 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 in (19 x 42 cm))

Artistic Japan, Views in the Land of the Rising Sun (22 plates - 5 5/8 x 15 1/2 in (14.1 x 40 cm))

Artistic Japan, Views in the Land of the Rising Sun (24 plates - 5 5/8 x 14 3/4 in (14.1 x 39.7 cm))

All Plates:

Mukojima, Tokio, During the Cherry-Blossom Season 


A Forest Scene


Home Sweet Home. Farmers and Peasants' Abodes


Nature in its Winter Dress


An Old Temple in a Lonely Spot


The Sacred Mountain, Fujiyama, from Yoshiwara


The Grove of Pines


The Jinrikisha in the Country


The Historic Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) at Kioto


The Arashiyama Rapids at Kobe


The Halting of Arashiyama Rapids, the Boating Terminus


One of the Private Gardens at Kioto


The Kitase Temple, at Kyoto, in the Foreground


A Pond Amidst the Trees at Nara (The Sarusawa Pond)


A Scene in the Nara Park; (The Deer are Sacred Here)


The Daibutsuden, Nara; The Temple Containing the Colossal Image of Buddha


The Ancient Castle of Osaka


Busy Kobe; A Native Part of the City


Tarumi Village, A Few Miles West of Kobe


A Scene on the Road to Maiko, A Few Miles West of Kobe


"In the Gloaming" at Maiko


Farmers Seclusive Retreats


A View of the Inland Sea; Beauty Covers the Hidden Dangers
 

The Brook in Shimogano Park, at Kioto (vertical format)


Close-up of Hand Colored Collotype 
Image (Plate 18 - Busy Kobe; A Native Part of the City)

1. Mukojima, Tokio, During the Cherry-Blossom Season *
2. A Forest Scene *
3. Home Sweet Home. Farmers and Peasants' Abodes
4. Nature in its Winter Dress
5. An Old Temple in a Lonely Spot
6. The Sacred Mountain, Fujiyama, from Yoshiwara
7. The Grove of Pines
8. The Jinrikisha in the Country
9. The Historic Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) at Kioto
10. The Arashiyama Rapids, at Kioto
11. The Halting of Arashiyama Rapids, the Boating Terminus
12. One of the Private Gardens at Kioto
13. The Kitano Temple, at Kyoto, in the Foreground
14. A Pond Amidst the Trees at Nara (The Sarusawa Pond)
15. A Scene in the Nara Park; (The Deer are Sacred Here)
16. The Daibutsuden, Nara; The Temple Containing the Colossal Image of Buddha
17. The Ancient Castle of Osaka
18. Busy Kobe; A Native Part of the City
19. Tarumi Village, A Few Miles West of Kobe
20. A Scene on the Road to Maiko, A Few Miles West of Kobe
21. "In the Gloaming" at Maiko
22. Farmers Seclusive Retreats
23. A View of the Inland Sea; Beauty Covers the Hidden Dangers**
24. The Brook in Shimogano Park, at Kioto (vertical format)*

    Present in the 22 plate edition only
    Rice Planting

**Slightly different image than in 22 plate edition.