Lot 30: KUSAKABE (KIMBEI, photographer) Album of group studies (19), and views of Japan (31), [1890s]

KUSAKABE (KIMBEI, photographer)
Album of group studies (19), and views of Japan (31), 50 large colour tinted albumen prints (c.205 x 265mm.), most captioned in English in the negative, mounted one per page recto and verso, tissue guards, original morocco-backed lacquer binding, gilt design of peacocks in a landscape setting on upper cover, a bird, flower and small table display on lower cover, g.e., some wear and abrasions, oblong folio (305 x 390mm.), [1890s]

Footnotes

• Good album by images by Kimbei Kusakabe, "an exceptional artist and photographer" (Terry Bennett, Photography in Japan 1853-1912, 2006). Groups include Visiting ceremonies, Tea drinking, Dancing girls, Playing samisen, Flower seller, Girls playing at Hanone, Sewing and ironing clothes, Preparing dinner, Writing a letter, and Group of children, Girls showing obi. Views include Tokyo (6), Nikko (9), Kyoto (6), Yokohama (3), Hakone (2), Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Biwa Lake, Fukiyama, Ojigohu, and Kamakura.