Illustrated Companion to
Murray's Japan Guide-Book
Kazumasa Ogawa, 1894
[100 Plates]
Ogawa, Kazumasa:
Illustrated Companion to Murray's Japan Guide-Book, Tokyo, K. Ogawa, distributed by Kelly & Walsh, Limited, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, 12mo (7 1/2 x 3 5/8 in - 13.6 x 9.3 cm), 1894, horizontal format, red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover, unpaginated, 100 black and white halftone plates. Each plate printed on a separate page and accompanied by a descriptive title and a reference to the page in the Murray Guide-Book (4th edition - published in 1894 also) that it pertains to. The image area of the plates measures 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in - 19 x 12.8 cm). The title page describes the plates as "photo-engraved." The printing process employed is that which is now know as halftone printing.

Kazumasa Ogawa is best know for his labor intensive collotype printing of photographic images. I believe that the book Ayame-san, A Japanese Romance of the 23rd Year of Meiji (1890) published ca. 1892 was his first significant venture into halftone printing. That book employed a very high quality form of halftone printing (Meisenbach process). For more information on that book, click here.

This book seems to mark a transition from the high quality halftone process to the faster and less expensive, but lower quality, traditional halftone printing process. I view this book as Kazumasa Ogawa's first significant entry into the mass marketing of photographic images.

For information on Kazumasa Ogawa, click here.

Preface

Title Page

 
The 100 "Photo-Engraveed" (Halftone) Plates:

      
  1. Ieyasu

    2. 
  
  2. The Daibutsu at Kamakura
    3. 
  
  3. Temple of Hachiman, Kamakura
    4. 
  
  4. The Great Bell, Kamakura
    5. 
  
  5. Cave at Enoshima
    6. 
  
  6. Actors at the Tokyo Theatre, Danjuro, Fukusuke, Sadanji

    7. 
  
  7. Daimyo's Mansion, Tokyo
    8. 
  
  8. Choku-Gaku Mon, Shiba
    9. 
  
  9. Graves of the Forty-Seven Ronins
    10. 
  
  10. Inner Moat, Tokyo
    11. 
  
  11. Shokonsha Temple, Tokyo
    12. 
  
  12. Koraku-en Garden, Tokyo
    13. 
  
  13. Pagoda, Ueno Park
    14. 
  
  14. Lotus in Lake Shinobazu
    15. 
  
  15. Cherry Avenue, Mukojima
    16. 
  
  16. A Wrestler (Nishi-no-Umi)

    17. 
  
  17. Wistaria Blossom at Kameido, Tokyo
    18. 
  
  18. Buddhist Altar, Ikegami
    19. 
  
  19. Daruma
    20. 
  
  20. Mosaic Wood-work at Yumoto
    21. 
  
  21. Road to Miyanoshita
    22. 
  
  22. Dogashima
    23. 
  
  23. Miyanoshita and Dogashima
    24. 
  
  24. Image of Jizo Near Ashinoyu
    25. 
  
  25. Fuji from the Otome-Toge
    26. 
  
  26. Fuji for Lake Hakone

    27. 
  
  27. Lake Hakone
    28. 
  
  28. Hot Springs in Shuzenji River
    29. 
  
  29. Pilgrims to Fuji

    30. 
  
  30. Waterfalls of Kami-ide
    31. 
  
  31. Natural Arch at Myogi-san
    32. 
  
  32. Ikao
    33. 
  
  33. Temple of Haruna
    34. 
  
  34. Lake Haruna
    35. 
  
  35. Yomei-mon Gate, Nikko
    36. 
  
  36. Avenue of Cryptomerias Leading to Nikko
    37. 
  
  37. The Red Bridge, Nikko
    38. 
  
  38. Carved Phoenix in Temple of Ieyasu, Nikko
    39. 
  
  39. Oratory of Iemitsu's Mausoleum, Nikko
    40. 
  
  40. Kirifuri Waterfall, Nikko
    41. 
  
  41. Lake Chuzenji
    42. 
  
  42. Lake Yumoto
    43. 
  
  43. Eruption of Bandai-san
    44. 
  
  44. Stage for the Sacred Kagura Dance
    45. 
  
  45. Monkey Bridge, Saruhashi

    46. 
  
  46. The Hanging Bridge, Fujikawa
    47. 
  
  47. The Fujikawa, Showing Basket-Work Embankments
    48. 
  
  48. Rapids of the Tenru-gawa
    49. 
  
  49. The Hida Range from the Nakasendo
    50. 
  
  50. The Naiku Temple, Ise
    51. 
  
  51. Fuji from the Tokaido
    52. 
  
  52. Nagoya Castle

    53. 
  
  53. Cormorant Fishing Near Gifu
    54. 
  
  54. Bridge of Boats, Shionada
    55. 
  
  55. Higashi Mochiya, Near Top of Wada Pass
    56. 
  
  56. Lake Suwa
    57. 
  
  57. View of the Kisogawa
    58. 
  
  58. Nezame-no-Toko
    59. 
  
  59. Nunobiki Waterfalls, Kobe
    60. 
  
  60. Street in Osaka

    61. 
  
  61. The Castle, Osaka
    62. 
  
  62. Palm-Trees at Sakai
    63. 
  
  63. Evening al Fresco on the Kamogawa

    64. 
  
  64. Boat-shaped Pine-tree at Kinkakuji
    65. 
  
  65. Colonnades of Torii at Temple of Inari, Fushimi
    66. 
  
  66. Doll Shop, Fushimi
    67. 
  
  67. Images in the San-ju-san-gen-do, Kyoto
    68. 
  
  68. Archery at the San-ju-san-gen-do, Kyoto
    69. 
  
  69. Approach to Kiyomizu-Dera, Kyoto

    70. 
  
  70. Temple of Kiyomizu, Kyoto
    71. 
  
  71. Interior of Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
    72. 
  
  72. Maruyama, Kyoto
    73. 
  
  73. Interior of Chion-in, Kyoto
    74. 
  
  74. Ginkakuji, Kyoto

    75. 
  
  75. The Rapids, Kyoto
    76. 
  
  76. Arashi-Yama
    77. 
  
  77. Tea-Picking at Uji
    78. 
  
  78. Giant Pine-Tree at Kamasaki
    79. 
  
  79. Avenue of Lanterns at Kasuga, Nara
    80. 
  
  80. Temple of Kasuga, Nara
    81. 
  
  81. Deer in the Park of Kasuga, Nara
    82. 
  
  82. Performers of the Sacred Dances (Miko)

    83. 
  
  83. The Sarusawa Pond, Nara
    84. 
  
  84. Pilgrims to the "Thirty-Three Holy Places"
  
    85. 
  
  85. Wakanourma and Kimii-dera
    86. 
  
  86. Nachi Waterfall, Kisuh
    87. 
  
  87. Ama-no-Hashidate
    88. 
  
  88. Scene in the Island of Awaji
    89. 
  
  89. Onomichi
    90. 
  
  90. Miyajima
    91. 
  
  91. Tomotsu on the Inland Sea
    92. 
  
  92. Kintaikyo Bridge
    93. 
  
  93. Strait of Shimonoseki
    94. 
  
  94. Kagoshima and Volcano Sakura-Jima
    95. 
  
  95. Nagasaki
    96. 
  
  96. Pappenberg, Nagasaki
    97. 
  
  97. Matsushima
    98. 
  
  98. Cutting Ice at Goryo-kaku
    99. 
  
  99. Otaru
    100. 
  
  100. An Aino Family

    101.

 
Close-up of the Halftone Printing

 
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