1895 · [Tokyo
[Tokyo, 1895. Accordion-fold album, 3 x 4.25 in; pp., 50; each page with a grayscale photoreproductive image of sights and events around Tokyo, Japanese and English captions, and a Japanese description; pattered paper boards, edges silvered, paper label; label with some light wear, else near fine. A keepsake offering a snapshot of a rapidly modernizing Japan. The images represent both the old Tokyo, with pictures of Benkei bridge, Sakura at Ueno park, temples, and the Yoshiwara red light district, and highlights of its most modern elements, such as the Daiichi Bank building, Ginza's street lined with electric poles, and the tramline crossing Mumaya Bridge (described here as the newest bridge in Tokyo and erected in 1893).
(Inventory #: 67229)