Japan Album

Japan Album

A page from a German and English language photograph album of sights in Japan. The front features three images of the Seto Inland Sea. The back features three images from Nikko and Kyoto.

Erin Gavin

1697_1, 1697_3, 1697_4

German, English

Album page

1697_2

Seto Inland Sea

(On front of page, translated from German): In the land of the Rising Sun. Seto Naikai. (On back of page, in English, from top to bottom): Four Japanese Ladies, Nikko;
Say it with flowers; Theater street in Kyoto.

Color and B/W

Object is a loose page from an album. The images on both sides of the page show some yellowing and fading, as well as some silver mirroring. The hand coloring on the images is still in good condition however.

The object represents a typical album travelers to Japan would buy, with both generic photographs and personal photographs included.

Early 20th century

The front of the page features three images of the Seto Inland Sea, with the two lower images hand colored. All three feature sailboats with some form of landmass in the background. The three images on the back are a bit more varied, focusing on scenes of Japanese people. The middle image is vibrantly hand colored.

Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.

REJ Research Collection

(On front of page, German): Im Lande der Aufgehenden Sonne. Seto Naiko (sic). (On back of page, English): Four Japanese Ladies, Nikko. Say it with flowers. Theater street in Kyoto.