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Types of Japan - Celebrated Geysha of Tokyo by K. Ogawa in Phototype & from Photographic Negatives taken by him. (n.d. [circa 1895])
Kazumasa OGAWA
Tokyo: K. Ogawa
First edition
Collotype plates from photographs
280mm x 400mm
Circa 1895
Very Good condition, internally Near Fine.
B4734
First edition. Large folio, 280mm x 400mm. Soft card covers, string bound. Twelve collotype plates from photographs by Ogawa, all with tissue guards and the title of each image printed on the tissue.
The titles give the name of each Geisha together with her district (nine from Shinbashi, and one each from Yanagibashi, Nihonbashi and Yoshicho.
Bound without title page or any text as issued.
Internally in Near Fine condition. The covers are rubbed at the edges, the top front corner is chipped and the rear corners are creased. Lower string tie broken but binding remains strong.
This is a scarce production by Ogawa. Only three copies listed on OCLC (at Library of Congress, Yale and in Basel). None on COPAC.
The titles give the name of each Geisha together with her district (nine from Shinbashi, and one each from Yanagibashi, Nihonbashi and Yoshicho.
Bound without title page or any text as issued.
Internally in Near Fine condition. The covers are rubbed at the edges, the top front corner is chipped and the rear corners are creased. Lower string tie broken but binding remains strong.
This is a scarce production by Ogawa. Only three copies listed on OCLC (at Library of Congress, Yale and in Basel). None on COPAC.
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