Photo album Japan. ca. 1900

Leporello with brown varnished wooden sides (12x19 cm.); illustrated with traditional Japanese ornaments. The leporello contains 50 pasted colour photographs (9x14 cm.), coloured by hand. The first half contains scenes of cities, parks, temples, rivers, town views and daily life in Japan; the second part (verso) contains photographs of Japanese women in traditional kimonos posing with musical instruments etc. Beautiful and interesting collection.