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KUSAKABE KIMBEI (1841-1934)
Lot 80

KUSAKABE KIMBEI (1841-1934)

Japan, 1880s

Closed16 May 2012

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GBP 16,250

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KUSAKABE KIMBEI (1841-1934)
Japan, 1880s
100 hand-colored albumen prints, mounted back to back in bound album
each with printed title and plate number (image)
credit stamp (inside cover)
large 4to. volume with decorative lacquered covers
image/sheet: each approximately 7¾ x 10¼in. (19.6 x 26cm.)

Private collection, UK.

Specialist note

A fine album containing several landscapes and unusual portraits capturing acts of grooming, dining and dancing.