JAPAN: A GROUP OF THREE EARLY SEPIA TONED CARTE 'D VISITE PHOTOS. TWO OF JAPANES

[Japan 1870's]. Three sepia-toned photographs, each is 5.5 x 9 cm., mounted on a stiff card, mild fading, strong images, slightly toned, clean, solid albumen photos. * R A R E * . *** **** *** . . A NICE GROUP OF VERY THREE EARLY SEPIA-TONE PHOTOGRAPHS . . . ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS . . * This is a group of three old sepia-toned albumen Carte D'Visite vintage photographs. . All are card mounted, with rounded corners, as issued, back sides clean, a bit dusty as usual. All are typically a bit toned by age. . *** THE IMAGES: . 1. An unusual image of a Japanese woman in Kimono, seated on a decorated grass mat [Tatami], her knees are folded. In the fore ground is her Kiseru [smoking pipe] and other smoking materials, along with her tobacco, as she holds a folded napkin. Her coiffeur is done up with combs and long hair pins. She sits demurely and gazes with a knowing smile. . 2. Two young girls, both in summer Kimono, one holds a large oil-paper umbrella while standing next to a second girl who is seated on a foreign type chair of metal pipe. Both are wearing thick wooden Geta [sandals], face and pose for the camera for a very nice image. . 3. This image shows a Jin-rikisha man and his Rickshaw at rest. He is resting before a very foreign style stone block building, most likely in Yokohama or Tokyo before a broad avenue during the winter season. It is possible the building is a Meiji period new Japanese nameless governmental structure. He likely waits for a foreigner to page him. . *** A wonderful look at Japan's quaint and very early charming Meiji period. Photos of this early era are always R A R E ! . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . * .