Labor and porcelain in Japan
by [Van Buren, Thomas]
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About This Item
Yokohama: printed at the "Japan Gazette" office, 1882. Reprint from the 1880 "Reports from the Consuls of the United States," 8vo, pp. [6], 59, [1], 10; 11 hand-colored albumen photographs tipped in; quarter brown morocco over marbled boards; spine sunned and chipped, joints starting, gutter split in a few places, good. Inscribed "With compliments from the author" on free endpaper. The first section is a broad survey of labor in Japan; the second section in ten pages is on porcelain. The photos include two images of porcelain from the author's collection, and photos of the Meiji Emperor and Emperess, Ainu, tattoos, geisha, coolies, etc. The Emperor and Emperess' portrait was taken by Uchida Kuichi, then the most prominent native photographer in Japan at the time. The other photos have been attributed to Felice Beato.
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- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
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- Title
- Labor and porcelain in Japan
- Author
- [Van Buren, Thomas]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed at the "Japan Gazette" office
- Place of Publication
- Yokohama
- Date Published
- 1882
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