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KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Album containing 50 hand-colored photographs of Japan in beautiful lacquer covers

KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934)
Album containing 50 hand-colored photographs of Japan in beautiful lacquer covers with ivory inlay, with views of landscapes and temples, studies of geishas and other occupationals, and wonderful period tableaux. Delicately hand-tinted albumen prints, 8x10 1/4 inches (20.3x26 cm.), flush mounted, most with the original tissue guards; with a caption, in English, and an inventory number in the negative; Kimbei''s hand stamp appears on the front pastedown. Oblong folio, dynamic black lacquer scene of a mythical figure of thunder and lightning with his disheveled victims below, with gilt highlights; all edges gilt. 1880s

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