Kobe. Takagi Photo Co., (Circa 1919). 50 hand coloured full page collotypes printed on thick paper showing beautiful Japanese sights, scenery and people involved in activities, each plate captioned in English, all edges gilt, padded patterned silk over boards with tassle ties presented in a wrap around cloth covered case..... More
![Kurodani Graves, Kioto. [caption title.]. REIJI ESAKI, STUDIO OF](/pictures/thumb/175343.jpg?v=1637754395)
[circa 1880s]. Large format albumen print 21 x 26.1 cm, captioned on the negative "633. Kurodani Graves, Kioto", three edge tears and slight wrinkling, but with very good tone, mounted on the original souvenir album card, with coral rule, gilt edges, 29.9 x 41.3 cm, spotted and scuffed with a...... More
![Pack horse on the country way. [caption title.]. REIJI ESAKI, STUDIO OF](/pictures/thumb/175345.jpg?v=1637754396)
[circa 1880s]. Large format albumen print 24.7 x 20.6 cm, captioned on the negative "1637 Pack horse on the country way", slight wrinkling, one small edge tear, but with good tone, mounted on the original souvenir album card, with coral rule, gilt edges, 29.9 x 41.3 cm, the card spotted..... More
(circa 1900). Interesting collection of twenty-five photographs of Japan. Ten albumen photographs (most 20 x 26cm, four approximately 21 x 27cm) by Ogawa Sashichi and others, most showing scenes around Tokyo and Yokohama measuring laid down on card, four are coloured. Nine of these photographs are captioned either by the..... More
[1870s - 1890s]. Hand-coloured albumen print 19 x 25.9 cm top edge (wrinkled) tipped to the same-sized card, studio number "49" to the lower left, image fading and spotted, lower left corner torn with loss and a score line to the foot of the image. From the estate of the..... More
![Weaving silk. [Studio caption]. KIMBEI KUSAKABE, 1841 - 1934](/pictures/thumb/175338.jpg?v=1637754395)
[1870s - 1890s]. Hand-coloured albumen print 20.5 x 26.5 cm tipped to the same-sized card and mounted on an album page 30.3 x 41.7 cm, the studio caption in the negative to the lower right, the print wrinkled with discolouration to the left edge and lower corner, two small tears..... More
No place of publication. No date. (Circa 1910). 50 coloured photographs - each 22.5 x 14.8cm, laid down on dark green 'Arches' type paper bound in padded silk boards, decorated with a pine needle and crane design, silk tassled knots secure the expertly rebacked binding. Original embossed endpapers slightly sunned..... More
[Japan]. (circa 1870s- 1890s). 94 small handcoloured albumen photographs all approx 8.6 x 13.4 cm (most in landscape), many with studio captions and numbers, in faded but sound condition. A remarkable assemblage; with many studies of geisha, portraits, scenes of rural and traditional life including a few of wrestlers, samurai..... More
Tokyo: Imperial Government Railways. (circa 1910). 50 delicate hand coloured collotype plates on high quality stiff card each captioned in English, presented in Japanese embroidered silk covered boards with tassle ties, All edges gilt., patterned gilt endpapers.The hinges of each image have been professionally repaired with Japanese paper and wheat..... More
![Farmers carrying grass baskets [caption title.] and a Japanese village scene. SASHICHI OGAWA,...](/pictures/thumb/175347.jpg?v=1637754396)
[circa 1880s]. Two albumen prints 24.7 x 20.7 cm and 25.6 x 20.7 cm, one captioned on the negative "1645 Farmers carrying grass baskets" the village scene on the verso with caption clipped but titled in manuscript "Village Scene in Japan" the latter with a small edge tear and spotted..... More
[circa 1872]. Five hand-coloured albumen prints from an original souvenir album: the portraits each approx 13.2 x 9 cm and the landscape 20 x 25.9 cm, three of the images with studio numbers in the negative, tipped to an album leaf, 30.2 x 37.5 cm, edged in embossed gilt silk..... More
[circa 1872]. Five hand-coloured albumen prints from an original souvenir album: the portraits each 13 x 9 cm and the landscape 20.2 x 26.8 cm tipped to an album leaf, 30.2 x 37.5 cm, edged in embossed gilt silk tape (fraying) board with occasional spotting affecting the background of the..... More
Itchome, Aioicho, Yokohama. (circa 1890). Cabinet card, silver albumen photograph, 14 x 9.5 cm backed onto card and an elaborate olive toned pebbled thick card mount 18.1 x 11.5 cm, blind stamped, the signature of the studio in gilt, upper and lower edge with scalloped edges, pencilled note in rather..... More
