JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH RED, GILT AND BLACK LACQUER COVERS
Meiji Period
Album of approx. 25 gilt-edged pages containing 50 hand-colored photographs of Kobe landmarks and figures at various pursuits. Front cover with three gilt floral mon against a flower-filled red lacquer ground.
Photographs approx. 10.5" x 8". Album covers 10.75" x 13.5".

Binding worn and missing, with torn replacement tape. Some foxing and warping to some pages. Some losses to the lacquer.

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