Tamamura: CHARACTERISTIC JAPAN. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun. Kobe, n.d. (c. 1900) Title page plus 18 full page hand-coloured photographs with captions in English. 18x42 cm. Stitched. Japanese-style. Silk patterned covers.

Eighteen hand-coloured panorama-style photographs by the well-known Japanese photographer, Tamamura.

The majority of the photographs (15) in landscape format measuring 11.5 x 29 cm. The last three in portrait format measuring 29 x 11.5 cm. The subject matter ranges from scenery, temples and gardens to geisha girls. The covers in a green silk with a floral pattern. Bound Japanese-style with ribbons. The front cover embroidered with the outlines of a snow-covered volcano and a winding river. Some wear to the edges. The covers retaining decent colour with some wear to the edges. Internally fine. Very rare.