Condition.

The book is a Binding Copy. One collotype plate (the 20th plate) is missing. Both front and back outer boards are separated from at the crease where they fold over when opened. The front cover has tape residue in the area of the crease. The front inner brown paper cover with the title Views in the Land of the Rising Sun is detached and has a 1 x 1/8 inch chip broken off. There is no similar brown paper cover at the back. The binding is solid. The plates are clean and free of fault (no toning, foxing, staining, writing, etc). All tissue guards are present, including one for the missing plate. It appears the missing plate was cut out as a stub remains. The hand coloring of many of the plates is unusually vivid.

The wrap-around case is in Poor condition. The case is in fragile condition. Most of the fold/hinges are broken In several places the covering is missing or broken.

 
Tamamura Kazaburo:
Artistic Japan, Views in the Land of the Rising Sun, Kobe, Japan, Tamamura, not dated (c1906), oblong 5 5/8 x 15 1/2 in (14.1 x 40 cm), cloth covered outer boards with single string tie, brown paper inner covers, housed in wrap-around case, 21 pp. This book is composed of 21 (1 plate missing) hand colored collotype photographs by "Tamamura the Photographer" Each photograph has an English caption. The collotype image areas measure 3 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. The collotypes are protected with tissue guards. There is no colophon. The cover page indicates "Collotyped and Painted by Tamamura, The Photographer, Kobe, Japan" and carries the second title Views in the Land of the Rising Sun. The title Artistic Japan is printed on the front board.

 
Plate & Image Sizes
  --Image Area: 3 3/8 x 11 1/4 in (8.5 x 28.7 cm)
  --Page Size: 5 1/2 x 15 1/4 in (14 x 39 cm)

All Plates:

Rice Planting


Home Sweet Home. Farmers and Peasants' Abodes


Nature in its Winter Dress


An Old Temple in a Lonely Spot


The Sacred Mountain, Fujiyama, from Yoshiwara


The Grove of Pines


The Jinrikisha in the Country


The Historic Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) at Kioto


The Arashiyama Rapids at Kobe


The Halting of Arashiyama Rapids, the Boating Terminus


One of the Private Gardens at Kioto


The Kitase Temple, at Kyoto, in the Foreground


A Pond Amidst the Trees at Nara (The Sarusawa Pond)


A Scene in the Nara Park; (The Deer are Sacred Here)


The Daibutsuden, Nara; The Temple Containing the Colossal Image of Buddha


The Ancient Castle of Osaka


Busy Kobe; A Native Part of the City


Tarumi Village, A Few Miles West of Kobe


A Scene on the Road to Maiko, A Few Miles West of Kobe


Missing

Farmers Seclusive Retreats


A View of the Inland Sea; Beauty Covers the Hidden Dangers



Close-up of Hand Colored Collotype Image (Plate 17)

1. Rice Planting
2. Home Sweet Home. Farmers and Peasants' Abodes
3. Nature in its Winter Dress
4. An Old Temple in a Lonely Spot
5. The Sacred Mountain, Fujiyama, from Yoshiwara
6. The Grove of Pines
7. The Jinrikisha in the Country
8. The Historic Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) at Kioto
9. The Arashiyama Rapids at Kobe
10. The Halting of Arashiyama Rapids, the Boating Terminus
11. One of the Private Gardens at Kioto
12. The Kitase Temple, at Kyoto, in the Foreground
13. A Pond Amidst the Trees at Nara (The Sarusawa Pond)
14. A Scene in the Nara Park; (The Deer are Sacred Here)
15. The Daibutsuden, Nara; The Temple Containing the Colossal Image of Buddha
16. The Ancient Castle of Osaka
17. Busy Kobe; A Native Part of the City
18. Tarumi Village, A Few Miles West of Kobe
19. A Scene on the Road to Maiko, A Few Miles West of Kobe
20. (Missing)
21. Farmers Seclusive Retreats
22. A View of the Inland Sea; Beauty Covers the Hidden Dangers