Japan | Collection of 48 photographs, plus a panorama of Japanese dancers, circa. 1880s

Japan—Adolfo Farsari studio (and others)

Collection of 48 photographs, plus a panorama of Japanese dancers, circa. 1880s

51 albumen prints (average 192 x 265mm., or the reverse), comprising 48 individually mounted on card (mounts 328 x 460mm.) and captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, 3 forming a 3-part folding panoramic photograph of 'Miyako-Odori dancing in Kioto' (overall image 200 x 794mm.), housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled "Japan: Kobe, Kioto, Nagoya, Yokohama', 3-part photograph detached at cloth fold, occasional slight fading, box spotted and rubbed with some wear

A good collection of photographs including topographical views, trades, portraits, street traders, and scenes of Japanese life.

PROVENANCE:

One of a series of 13 portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 52 and 159.