Album containing 64 mounted hand-colored albumen photographs showing various scenery and places within Japan right before the turn of the century. Album pages 13"x8½," photos approx. 8"x10¾" or slightly larger. Bound in period maroon cloth-backed marbled boards.

Interesting collection of photographs from Japan. Begins with a series of three photos showing before and after of the execution and decapitation of the Namoa Pirates which took place on May 11, 1891 at Kowloon City, China. The rest of the photographs show various city and rural scenes of Japan, including: Nagasaki Temple, Iris Garden in Horikiri, an ornamental festival, waterfalls of Nunobiki Kobe, Wisteria Brossoms Kameido at Tokyo, "The Best Restaurant in Kobe," Theatre Street of Kobe, Hikone Park, the 100 steps of Yokohama, Fujiyama from Tagonoura in Surgua, suspension bridge in Fujikawa, cherry blossoms, a pack horse loaded with bags of rice, Fujiya Hotel, musicians, temple at Kamakura, Nogoya Castle, New Year's Ceremony, a Tokyo tea house, plus other farming and boating scenes, etc. Most photographs with a captioned title in the negative.