JAPAN: PHOTOS 1854-1905
Book Details
Author(s)
Clark Worswick
Publisher
Knopf
ISBN / ASIN
039450836X
ISBN-13
9780394508368
Availability
In stock. Usually ships within 2 to 3 days.
Sales Rank
#1,178,042
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
