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JAPAN -- OGAWA, K. Annual Festivals in Yedo. Yokohama/Tokyo, Kelly & Walsh/Ogawa, 1894. Album containing 12 delicately handcold. collotypes printed on silk, on gilt-flecked mounts. With accompanying English-language text booklet. 4°-obl. Or., leporello bound, silk-thread binding with floral pattern, all edges gilt. In or. dec. brds. chitsu w. bone fastener. (Extremities of chitsu a bit worn, else in excellent condition).
An extremely rare and luxurious Meiji-era album illustrating the twelve annual festivals, traditionally celebrated in Edo (modern Tokyo), one for each month of the year. The plates show shrine visits, temple rituals, seasonal processions, and elaborate festival costumes. This splendid work was published by Kazumasa Ogawa, a pioneer of collotype printing in Japan, known for his exquisite visual documentation of Japanese life and customs for both domestic and international audiences.€ 1000
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