10 volumes. Illustrated with 60 large format (9½x7½ or the reverse) and 200 small format (3½x5¼ or the reverse) hand tinted albumen photographs, 10 collotype prints of flowers, 30 examples or reproductions of original Japanese artworks, photographic frontispiece of Emperor Mutsuhito in Volume 1. (Folio) 14¾x12¼, original embroidered silk in various colors, thread tassles. Number 8 of 75 copies of the "Emperor's Edition".

Contains classic late nineteenth century hand-colored albumen photographs of various Japanese views, including tea ceremonies, bridges, gardens, cherry blossoms, flower and produce vendors, temples, The Bronze Buddha at Kamakura, Mt. Fuji, theatre scenes, city and rural life, rickshaws, fishermaidens, women in traditional dress, etc. Several with publisher's caution slip laid-in, warning not to cut the leaves since the books are bound in Japanese-style. Originally housed in 5 silk-covered folding cases, present here, but with each case split into several pieces.