60 Selected Pictures of the Mikado's Empire
Fine Souvenir for Visit to Japan
Coloured by Hand
Pasted on Title Label
Example the Pictures
Temple at Shiba Park, Tokyo
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Hand Colored Photographs
No Author Stated:
60 Selected Pictures of the Mikado's Empire, Fine Souvenir for Visit to Japan. Coloured by Hand, ca. 1912, unstated publisher, presumed printed in Japan, 60 pages (printed one side only) of hand colored 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. This book is dated (approximately 1912) by the 38th picture which refers to the enthronement of the "present" emperor in 1868. That would be Emperor Mutsuhito (actually enthroned in 1867) who died in 1912. On occasion, I have seen the date of these books put at ca 1902 but don't know the basis for that.
Listing of Hand Colored Pictures:
- Imperial Palace, Entrance
- Temple of 7th and 9th Shoguns, Shiba Park, Tokyo
- Bronze Torii for Shokonsha, Tokyo
- Entrance to Uyeno Park, Tokyo
- Kwannon Temple at Asakusa Park, Tokyo
- Sumida River,Tokyo
- Kameido Temple
- Kamata Iris Garden, Between Tokyo and Yokohama
- Yokohama Harbour, Customs House and Pier
- Nogeyama Hill, Yokohama
- Theatre street, Yokohama
- Hundred steps and Motomachi street, Yokohama
- Shell Fish picking, Hommoku beach, Yokohama
- Hachiman Temple, Kamakura
- Daibutsu, great buddha, 50 minute train ride from Yokohama
- Temple of Kwannon, Kamakura
- Enoshima Island, near Kamakura
- Miyanoshita, hot springs, in Hakone range
- Fuji from Lake Hakone
- Fuji for Kawai Bridge
- Fuji from Fuji River
- Fujiyama from Nishinoumi Lake
- Fuji from Shoji Lake
- Mt Asama near Kamakura
- Karuizawa, summer resort, 90 miles north west of Tokyo
- Sacred Bridge at Nikko
- Mausoleum of first Shogun, Nikko
- Matsushima, Rikuzen province
- Nagoya Castle,, Nagoya
- Gegu shrine and Naigu shrine (2 pictures), Yamada
- Futamiga-ura, near Yamada
- Sugashima, Ise province
- Pagoda at Nara
- Kasuga Shinto Temple, near Kyoto
- Kasuga Temple, Nara
- Biggest Daibutsu in Japan, near Kyoto
- Nijo Castle, Kyoto
- Shishin-den Hall in the Kyoto Palace - "The enthronment of the present emperor was held here 18.68"
- Kinkakuji, Gold Pavillion Temple, Kyoto
- Ginkakuji, Silver Pavillion Temple, Kyoto
- Oldest cherry trees in Japan, Maruyama Park, Kyoto
- Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
- New front gateway of Higashi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, Kyoto
- Arashiyama, near Kyoto
- Towing a boat up the Honzu river, near Kyoto
- Arashiyma, near Kyoto (different picture)
- Osaka Castle
- Tennoji Budhist Temple, Osaka
- Suwayamma Hill or Park, Kobe
- Hyogo Daibutsu, Kobe
- Nunobiki Waterfall, Kobe
- Beach of Akashi on Sanyo Line
- Amano-Hashidate, about 90 miles from Kyoto
- Korakuyen Garden, Okayama
- Tomo at Bingo Province on the inland sea
- Miyajima, the Sacred island
- Senjokaku or Great Hall at Miyajima
- Momiji-dani or Maple Valley on Miyajima island
- Kintaikyo "Bridge of danask Girdle", Suwo Province
- Entrance of Nagasaki Harbour
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