Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. The front and back blank pages have heavy toning. There is a horizontal crease on the back cover which is only visible on the inside of the cover. The photograph plates are clean and free from faults.

 
60 Selected Pictures of the Mikado's Empire, Fine Souvenir for Visit to Japan. Coloured By Hand, ca 1912, no colophon, unstated publisher, presumed printed in Japan, large 12mo, 60 pages (printed one side only) of hand colored collotype plates from photographs, no text except for the English language caption below each picture. The book is in a horizontal format (wider than it is tall) and measures 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. The title is on a label which is pasted to the front board. Boards are a decorative cloth. The pages are bound at the right and then attached to the boards by a tied string. While a tourist souvenir type item, this book is more substantial than most such items and much better executed. These books are offered from time to time with different covers and slightly different pictures. I have seen these books dated between 1896 and 1920.

Sixty Hand Colored Collotype Plates in This Book

1. Enterance to Imperial Palace, Tokyo
   
2. Main Building Meiji Jingu (Shrine), Tokyo
3. Marunochi Building, Tokyo
   
4. Nihonbashi Street, Tokyo
   
5. The Enormous Bronze Torii for Shokonsha..., Tokyo
6. Tomb of 47 Rohnin at Sengakuji, Tokyo
7. Cherry Blossom at Uyeno Park, Tokyo
8. Kwannon Temple...at Asakusa Park, Tokyo
9. Kameido Temple ground...and Drum Bridge
   
10. Cherry Blossom at Koganei, near Tokyo
11. Cryptomeria Road, Nikko
12. Sacred Bridge at Nikko, 90 miles north of tokyo
13. Mausoleum...for the first Shogun, Iyeyasu of Tokugawa dynasty...Nikko
14. Kegon Fall, Nikko
    
15. Matsushima, in Inland Sea on of three noted scenes of Japan
16. Enormous Bog-rhubard Akita
17. Theatre Street, Yokohama
    
18. Sankeiyen (Mr. Hara's Private Garden) Honmoku, Yokohama
19. Hachiman Temple...Kamakura
20. The Finest Dibutsu...by train 50 minutes fro Yokohama
21. Enoshima Island viewed near Kamakura
22. Mt. Fuji from Misaka Pass
23. Fuji from Ohwakudani, Hakone
    
24. Mt. Fuji from Hakone Lake
25. Mt. Fuji from Lake Shoji
26. The famous Nagoya Castle....
27. Futamigaura, Ise
28. Fishing with a cormorant, Nagaragawa
29. Amano-Hashidate...About 80 miles from Kyoto
30. Shishinden Hall...Kyoto
31. Kinkakuji...Kyoto
32. Higashi Honganji Temple...Kyoto
33. Kiyomizu Temple...Kyoto
34. Chionin Budhist Temple....
35. Arashiyama, Kyoto
36. Arashiyama, at the foot of Hozu rapids...near Kyoto
37. Torii Avenues, Shrine of Fushimi near Kyoto
38. Miidera...near Kyoto
39. Horyu-ji, the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan...Yanato
40. View of the Pagoda at Nara from Sarusawa Pond
41. The Biggest Daibutsu in Japan...at Nara
42. Kasuga Shinto Temple...near Kyoto
    
43. Bronze Lanterns at Kasuga Temple, Nara
44. Kasuga Temple ground with tame deer...Nara
45. Osaka Caste....
46. Ajikawa (River), Osaka
    
47. Dohtonbori (Theatre Street), Osaka
    
48. Maiko near Kobe
49. Nanko Shrine, Kobe
50. Motomachi Street, Kobe
    
51. Nunobiki Waterfall...Kobe
52. Awajishima Island, Hyogo
53. Sunset, Akashi coast
    
54. Kintaikyo Lit. "Bridge of Damask Girdle,"...Suwo province
55. Ondo Strait, Aki
56. The Sacred Island, Miyajima, in inland sea....
57. Tomo at Bingo Province in the inland sea
58. Yabakei Ohita Province
59. Big Torii at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki
60. Coaling on the ship at Nagasaki Harbour