67/4646 [Japan]. Lot of 65 handcoloured albumen prints, late 19th cent., all ±26,5x20,1 cm., locations/ scenes partly identified in the plate, partly by KASUKABE KIMBEI and possibly also by FELICE BEATO.

- Partly frayed and/ or sl. creased in margins.

= Remarkable collection of photographs in very nice, delicate colouring. Incl. many (titled) scenes of daily life (i.a. street scenes, "Farmers working in a field"), many bijin ("Girl (atsugi) name", "Dancing", "Girls playing ball", "Dressing"), crafts- and tradesmen (a "Fishi-Seller", "Blind shampoorer", "Second hand cloth store", "Dry-goods shop"), countryside and town views views (i.a. "Fujiyama from Kawaibashi", "Miyanoshita, Hakone", "Lake of Hakone", "Bluff, Nagasaki", "West Hatoba, Yokohama"), temples ("Osuwa-Temple, Nagasaki"), a warrior on horse-back, flexible children showing their art, etc. etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIII.