JAPAN: PHOTOS 1854-1905

A wonderful collection of images of Japan from 1854 to 1905 depicting street scenes, nudes, portraits, samurai, decapitated convicts, tradesmen, geishas, etc.; some are hand-colored b&w photographs or stereocards. Edited with text by Clark Worswick; introduction by Jan Morris. 151 pages; 16 color and 104 duo-toned b&w plates; 11.25 x 9.25 inches. Bibliography, picture sources, description of photographic processes, index of commercial and amateur photographers.