~~ Color Collotype Book ~~

Japanese Views and Characters, Volume I
(Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe and Nagasaki)

Type I

Type II

 
Tamamura, Kozaburo :
Japanese Views and Characters, Vol. I (Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe and Nagasaki), publisher not stated, ca 1910, horizontal 8vo (6 x 9 in - 15.2 x 23 cm), 24 hand colored collotype plates with captions in English, tissue guards, hard boards covered with fabric, string tied, unpaginated. The actual images are approximately 4 x 6 in (10.5 x 15 cm). The hand coloring of the collotype plates in these books is well executed with a wide range of colors employed, to include pastels.

I have examined two types of this book. They have different hand colored illustrations on the cover and title page. While each book has 24 plates, one of the Kioto plates is different in the two types. The titles shown below are as printed below the images in the Type I book. For some plates, while the images are the same, the titles vary slightly in the Type II book.

 

Title Page

Type I

Type II

 
24 Plates with Pics

Arashiyama at Kioto in the Spring Season


Hozugawa Rapids at Kioto


Vicinity of Kioto where the women are known with the 
strange custom of putting heavy loads on their heads


The Big Cherry Tree in the Park at Maruyama, Kioto


The Front Gate of the Chionin Temple at Kioto 
(Only in Type I book)


Goin Street at Kioto
(Only in Type II book)


Sanjo-bridge at Kioto (Only in Type I book)


A Summer Day


A Summer Evening


Porcelain Stores at Kiyomizu, Kioto


Autumn Tints at Kiyomizu Temple, Kioto


Wisteria Blossoms in May


Girls playing a game with music


In the Park of Nara


Castle of Osaka (top) Miyajima, 
the Celebrated Island in Inland Sea (bottom)


Cherry Blossoms and Jinrikisha with Geisha Girls


Ikuta Temple at Kioto


Nunobiki Water-fall at Kobe


The Daibutsu at Kobe


Iris Blossoms in the Pond


Moonlight Scene of Maiko Beach Near Kobe


Three Belles in a Pine Grove


Rice Planting


Takaboko, the Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour


Ladies Saluting, Bidding Good-Bye

Plates Titles Without Pictures (Type I and Type II Books).

  1. Arashiyama at Kioto in the Spring Season
  2. Hozugawa Rapids at Kioto
  3. Vicinity of Kioto where the women are known with the strange custom of putting heavy loads on their heads
  4. The Big Cherry Tree in the Park at Maruyama, Kioto
  5. The Front Gate of the Chionin Temple at Kioto (Only in Type I book)
    Goin Street at Kioto (Only in Type II book)
  6. Sanjo-bridge at Kioto
  7. A Summer Day
  8. A Summer Evening
  9. Porcelain Stores at Kiyomizu, Kioto
  10. Autumn Tints at Kiyomizu Temple, Kioto
  11. Wisteria Blossoms in May
  12. Girls playing a game with music
  13. In the Park of Nara
  14. Castle of Osaka (top) Miyajima, the Celebrated Island in Inland Sea (bottom)
  15. Cherry Blossoms and Jinrikisha with Geisha Girls
  16. Ikuta Temple at Kioto
  17. Nunobiki Water-fall at Kobe
  18. The Daibutsu at Kobe
  19. Iris Blossoms in the Pond
  20. Moonlight Scene of Maiko Beach Near Kobe
  21. Three Belles in a Pine Grove
  22. Rice Planting
  23. Takaboko, the Entrance to Nagasaki Harbour
  24. Ladies Saluting, Bidding Good-Bye

Tamamura offered this series (Volumes I, II and III) in an advertisement published ca 1909.

No Colophon.

 

Japenses Views and Characters, 3 Volumes

Volume I (Types 1 & 2). (Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe and Nagasaki)
Volume II (Types 1 & 2). (Yokohama, Kamakura, Fuji and Nagoya)
Volume II (Type 3a & 3b). (Yokohama, Kamakura, Fuji and Nagoya)
Volume III (Types 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b). (Tokio and Nikko)

 


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