James Murdoch, M.A.
Burton, W.K. (Photographs)
Ogawa, K (Photo-mechanical process reproduction of Photographs):
Ayame-san, Japanese Romance of the 23rd Year of Meiji (1890) , Yokohama, Kelly & Walsh, 1892, paper pictorial boards and silk spine and cords, 8vo (6 x 9 in), illustrated by photographs taken W. K. Burton and produced by K. Ogawa, 77 text illustrations (photographs reproduced by K. Ogawa), 3 of the 77 are full page, 310 pp + 2 pp errata.

James Murdoch (1856-1921). Murdoch first traveled to Japan in 1889 where he worked as a teacher in a series of high schools around the country. In 1893 Murdoch left Japan for Paraguay but he later returned. Although he did not begin to study Japanese until he was almost 50, he eventually became proficient in both modern and classical Japanese. He returned to Australia in 1917 and passed away in 1921. Murdoch is best known for his three volume A History of Japan (London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926).

Concerning the illustrations, the following comment is provided immediately after the title page:

I beg to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. K. Ogawa for some of the best illustrations in the volume; also to Professor C.D. West of the Imperial University and to Mr. G. Brinkworth for one photograph each. So far as I am aware this is the first book that has been illustrated with true half-tone photo-mechanical reproductions printed with the letter-press.

 
Listing of Illustrations (no titles, description is mine) I believe the illustrations were produced by the collotype process.

     Page

   1     Sea and Land
   8     Sea
  10     Sailing Ship
  14     Sea
  15     Cliffs
  18     Sumo Wrestlers
  19     Sail boat
  23     Sails vessels in harbor
  26     House
  33     Sails vessels
  35     Sails vessels, children in water
  38     Mount Fuji
  40     Giant Buddha
  44     Sea and small island
  45     Boy with a large crab mounted on board
  48     Young woman with mirror
  52     Three young women dancing
  57     Sail boat in small bay
  58     Three young women
  62     Tree lined pond
  63     Pond with stone bridges
  64     Interior of house, vase with flowers -- Full Page Plate
  68     Three ladies dancing
  69     Lady in kimino  -- Full Page Plate
  74     Three ladies bowing
  80     Pine tree overlooking bay
  82     Sails vessel, Japanese style
  84     Male archer
  90     Three young women
 102     Small Japanese sail boat on lake
 106     Woman on balcony overlooking houses with grass roofs
 109     House with grass roof
 122     Three young women dancing
 124     Old man on horse
 133     Swords mounted on display rack
 137     Street scene
 138     Road with wagons
 138     Temple
 142     Woman playing koto
 145     Public field
 151     Japanese sailing vessel
 162     Two women on balcony over looking village
 164     Village
 166     Village with stream in foreground
 178     Japanese woman with koto in background
 184     Mount Fuji
 186     Steam rising from hot springs
 194     Man fishing for shore of lake
 200     Three women
 207     Mount Fuji -- 3/4 of a Page Plate
 211     Young woman
 219     Street scene
 221     Street scene, almost identical to previous photograph
 222     Three women at temple
 223     Young woman reading
 225     Shampooer" massaging young woman
 233     Lake
 238     Old man/woman smoking -- 1/2 Page Plate
 239     Mount Fuji with lake in foreground
 246     Young woman, portrain in profile -- 3/4 of a Page Plate
 247     Three young women dancing
 251     Young woman
 259     Crowd in street
 260     Castle in Tokyo
 261     Street scene with children
 262     Temple
 268     Street scene with banners
 275     Three women standing by a jinrickshaw with male driver
 279     Three women dancing
 283     Mount Fuji with lake in foreground - 1/2 of a Page Plate
 284     Four women, musical instruments
 285     Boys in street scene
 286     Woman bowing
 292     Young woman
 299     Man with ox and cart
 304     Mount Fuji
 310     Young man - Full Page Plate