Los 4051

Japan
Views of Tokyo

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographers: Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923) and Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934). Views of Tokyo. 1890s. 49 hand-colored albumen prints mounted to gilt-edged album boards. Each circa 20 x 26 cm (26 x 33 cm). Most with number and title in lower edge in the negative. Bound in black and gold silk album with chord binding (edges slightly worn).

This album features views of Mount Atago, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Prince Hotta’s Garden, Mukojima Garden, Shiba Toshogu Shrine, Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Sengaku Temple, Ueno and Asakusa, along with a two-part panoramic view of Tokyo (with some emulsion loss at the lower edge). – Some prints buckled through mounting, a few with some wear/spots, otherwise most in good to very good condition.