Japanese photo album

by T. Hata

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Japan: Early 20th c. . Oblong album containing 157 photographs on 48 pages, dated between 1905-1940, with the majority of the photos taken in the early 1930s. A family album, with both formal and candid photos of a variety of people, including family portraits, association portraits, event photos, household scenes, and images of soldiers. A number of the images have been captioned with dates and the names of individuals or groups depicted. A few locations are also listed, such as Kamisanjimura.

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