Japan, page 1

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Views are by Underwood unless mentioned otherwise. Most grey mount Underwood views and all the Keystone views have full descriptive text on the back.

Any marks in the corners are alignment tabs on the scanner. Many are high-gloss silver gelatin prints and do not scan well. In general these are extremely sharp with excellent contrast.
 


Keystone. 'Rank and file of the Imperial Army - A group of the Mikado's fighters, Japan'. Descriptive text.
Condition 6.
Order #1281.
Price $5.
 


'Learning the tactics of war - Japan's famous soldiers on the great Aoyama Drilling Ground, Tokyo'.
Condition. Slight marks in sky.
Order #1282.
Price $15.
 
 


American Stereoscopic Company. 'A part of Japan's ever-victorious Army on parade ground, Japan'.
Condition 8.
Order #1283.
Price $15.
 
 

H.C. White. 'Drilling Ground and Barracks, Tokio'.
Condition 10.
Order #1284.
Price $15.
 


Imperial Series (I think this is H.C. White). 'Japanese infantry at the Emperor's Birthday Review, Tokio'. Descriptive text.
Condition. The exaggerated curve has produced numerous tiny ripples that are not visible when viewing. Otherwise 9.
Order #1285.
Price $18.
 


'Soldiers whose heroism has made Japan's army famous - before entrainment for Manchuria. Tokyo'.
Condition 7.
Order #1286.
Price $15.
 


'Drilling the men who are winning famous victories in Manchuria. Aoyama drill grounds, Tokyo'.
Condition 5/6.
Order #1287.
Price $8.
 


H.C. White. 'General view of Nikko - looking north, Japan'.
Condition 10.
Order #1288.
Price $12.
 


'The magnificent gate of Nikko's celebrated Temple, Japan'.
Condition 9.
Order #1289.
Price $12.
 


'Marvellously elaborate sculptures of gate at a Buddhist Temple, Nikko, Japan'. Add-a-Priest but chop off the top of the temple version.
Condition 8/9.
Order #1290.
Price $12.
 


'Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light - So. bank, Daiya River (E), Nikko, Japan'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #1291.
Price $12.
 
 


H.C. White. 'The bamboo bridge over the Daiyea at Nikko'.
Condition 10.
Order #1292.
Price $12.
 


'Two miles above the clouds - from Fujiyama N.E. over Lake Yamanaka, 10 miles away'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9/10.
Order #1293.
Price $12.
 


'Two miles above the clouds - from Fujiyama N.E. over Lake Yamanaka, 10 miles away'. This is the delicately hand-tinted version.
Condition 9/10.
Order #1294.
Price $18.
 


'View from Nihon Bashi (bridge) over canal toward centre of Tokyo, Japan '. Descriptive text.
Condition. Stains on right image.
Order #1295.
Price $8.
 


'Wisteria blossoms in swaying garlands, the price of Kameido Park, Tokyo'. Another fine hand-tinted view.
Condition 9/10.
Order #1296.
Price $18.
 


'The Temple in Picturesque Kameido, Japan'.
Condition. Mount corners slightly frayed.
Order #1297.
Price $12.
 


'South front of home of Count Okuma, one of the most prominent and wealthy of Japan's aristocracy, Tokyo'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #1298.
Price $12.
 


'Serene simplicity of home (interior) of Count Okuma, Tokyo, Japan'. Descriptive text.
Condition. Note number.
Order #1299.
Price $12.
 


'Dwarf pines and maples in Count Okuma's greenhouse, Tokyo'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #1300.
Price $12.
 


'Asakusa Street, Tokyo'.
Condition. Slight bubble on left image.
Order #3601.
Price $12.
 


'Burden bearers in Japan. A street scene in Tokyo'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3602.
Price $12.
 


Universal Photo Art Co., Philadelphia. 'By the lotus pond, Shiba Park, Tokio'.
Condition 9.
Order #3603.
Price $12.
 


'Under the cherry blossoms - looking N.E. along the main avenue of Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan '. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3604.
Price $12.
 
 


Keystone. 'The warlike spirit in the youthful Jap. Schoolboys in Ueno Park, Tokyo'.
Condition 10.
Order #3605.
Price $12.
 


'Ueno Park, the Children's Paradise of Tokyo'.
Condition 8.
Order #3606.
Price $12.
 


'Watching a free show on Theatre Street, looking north to Asakusa Tower, Tokyo'.
Condition. Mount slightly split in center, not affecting images.
Order #3607.
Price $8.
 


'Charming Geishas at dinner. The correct serving of a Japanese meal - Tokyo'.
Condition 8.
Order #3608.
Price $10.
 


Keystone. 'Idyllic spot where Japanese maids delight to stroll - Beautiful private garden of Japan'. Descriptive text.
Condition 10.
Order #3609.
Price $12.
 


'Wayside scene, Japan'.
Condition 8.
Order #3610.
Price $10.
 


'Wayfarers resting under the pines at Suzukawa - west along the old post road from Tokyo to Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3611.
Price $12.
 


'A family picnic under the cherry blossoms, Omuro Gosho (E.), Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3612.
Price $15.
 


'Entrance to Shinto Temple, Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3613.
Price $12.
 


Keystone. 'Main front of the largest Buddhist temple in Japan (north), Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3614.
Price $15.
 


Keystone. 'The Great Hall of Chion-in Temple, 300 years old, Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3615.
Price $15.
 


'A gay Shinto procession carrying sacred objects - east over bridge to Imperial Museum, Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3616.
Price $15.
 


'O-hayo !  ("Good-morning") - greetings in Kinkakuji garden, Kyoto'.
Condition 8 (slight fault on left image and slight creasing of edge of mount).
Order #3617.
Price $12.
 


'Where faithful Buddhists lie at rest (N.), cemetary at Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3618.
Price $15.
 


'South over gardens from home of Mr Namikawa, Kyoto'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #3619.
Price $15.
 


'Women pilgrims (making a tour of famous shrines) on steps of Omuro Gosho monastery (east), Kyoto'. No descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3620.
Price $12.
 


'"Under the bamboo trees", looking S.W. through the famous  avenue near Kiyomizu, Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3621.
Price $15.
 


'A vista in a bamboo grove, Kyoto'.
Condition 8.
Order #3622.
Price $12.
 


'An arboreal wonder - a single pine trained into shape of a boat, Kyoto'.
Condition. Mount slightly creased in center, not affecting images.
Order #3623.
Price $8.
 


'Exciting experience of men on a log-raft, shooting the Hozu Rapids, Kyoto'.
Condition 7.
Order #3624.
Price $8.
 


'Choose a rod from the jar at left and have your fortune told: Inari temple, Kyoto'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #3625.
Price $18.
 


'A potter and his wheel fashioning a vase, Kinkosan Works, Kyoto, Japan '. Descriptive text.
Condition. Note number.
Order #3626.
Price $15.
 


'Pretty factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3627.
Price $18.
 


'Picking the famous Uji Tea, near Kyoto'.
Condition 9.
Order #3628.
Price $12.
 


Griffith & Griffith. 'Gathering the famous Uji tea, near Tokio, Japan'.
Condition 9.
Order #3629.
Price $12.
 


'Girls picking tea on famous plantation at Uji'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #3630.
Price $12.
 


'Girls picking tea on famous plantation at Uji'.
Condition 9.
Order #3631.
Price $12.
 


Keystone. 'Gathering tea in one of the famous tea plantations  in the Province of Uji, near Kioto'.
Condition 10.
Order #3632.
Price $12.
 


H.C. White. 'Japanese girls fishing, Miyanoshita'.
Condition 10.
Order #3633.
Price $12.
 


H.C. White. 'On the shore of the lovely Sagami bay, near Enoshima'.
Condition 10.
Order #3634.
Price $12.
 


Realistic Travels. 'In the Mikado's Kingdom - passers-by in Moto Machi Street of Kobe, the Divine Home, Japan'.
Condition 8.
Order #3635.
Price $12.
 


H.C. White. 'Japanese theatre in Yokohama'.
Condition 10.
Order #3636.
Price $15.
 


H.C. White. 'Japanese singing girls playing their favourite instrument, Yokohama'.
Condition 10.
Order #3637.
Price $15.
 


'Farmers with bamboo rakes spreading millet on mats to dry for winter, near Yokohama'.
Condition 9.
Order #3638.
Price $12.
 


'Peasants cutting millet, view E. across field to farmhouses near Yokohama'.
Condition 9.
Order #3639.
Price $12.
 
 


'Schoolhouse and grounds with vine-covered shelter and little folks playing (looking SE), Yokohama'.
Condition 9.
Order #3640.
Price $12.
 


'Schoolhouse and grounds with vine-covered shelter and little folks playing (looking SE), Yokohama'.
Condition 8.
Order #3641.
Price $12.
 


'Picturesque shops and crowds on Batsumati Street in the native quarter - looking SW - Yokohama'. Descriptive text.
Condition 8.
Order #3642.
Price $12.
 


'East over Mississippi Bay, where Perry came (1854), near Yokohama'.
Condition 9.
Order #3643.
Price $12.
 


'Isezakicho, the Bowery of Yokohama'.
Condition. Mount slightly split thru center, not affecting images.
Order #3644.
Price $10.
 


'Japanese riding to Daijingu Temple, to Shinto festival for worship of Sun Goddess (W.),  Yokohama'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #3645.
Price $12.
 


H.C. White. 'Drawing water in the courtyard of a Japanese dwelling. Yokohama'.  Descriptive text.
Condition 10.
Order #3646.
Price $12.
 
 


'Fishing boats coming home. W. across Tamagawa, near Yokohama'. Fine hand-tinting.
Condition 9/10.
Order #3647.
Price $18.
 


Keystone. 'The Rising Mists on Mt. Nantai, Lake Chuzenji, Japan'.
Condition. Slight delaimination in one corner of mount.
Order #3648.
Price $12.
 


Realistic Travels. 'Where waves of the inland sea caress the sacred toru rising from its depths, Miyapama, Japan'.
Condition 8. Odd color is scanner fault.
Order #3649.
Price $12.
 


Realistic Travels. 'Sweet potatoes growing on hillside opposite the bay and enchanting village of Onomichi, Japan'.
Condition 8.
Order #3650.
Price $12.
 


Realistic Travels. 'Four leves of winding road ascending mountains overlooking Mount Suwa to distant Japanses Alps'.
Condition 9.
Order #9985.
Price $12.
 


H.C. White. 'Japanese ladies at lunch in the tea house at Dogashima'.
Condition 10.
Order #9986.
Price $15.
 


H.C. White. 'Kawauchi-Furuschi, typical Japanese village'.
Condition 10.
Order #9987.
Price $12.
 


'A ride in the old park at Nara - pretty Japanese maidens in rickshaws, Japan'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #9988.
Price $12.
 


Keystone. 'Taking a spin through the Park at Nara in the Jinrikisha - The "Pull-Man-Car" of Japan'.
Condition . Light images but as produced.
Order #9989.
Price $10.
 


'Girl feeding sacred deer on her way to prayers - grounds of Kasuga Temple, Nara, Japan'.
Condition 9.
Order #9990.
Price $12.
 


'The sacred deer of Nara, Japan'.
Condition 10.
Order #9991.
Price $12.
 
 


'Ancient stone stair-way up the hill, north, to the tomb of Shogun Ieyasu, Nikko'.
Condition 8 (slightly light).
Order #9992.
Price $12.
 


'"The groves were God's first temples" - avenue of noble cryptomerias at Nikko, Japan'.
Condition 9.
Order #9993.
Price $12.
 


'Japanese lady in a Yama-kago (mountain chair), crossing Daiya River,  Nikko'.
Condition 9.
Order #9994.
Price $15.
 
 


'Splashing waters of the cascade (N.W.), in garden at Yumoto (Hakone), Japan'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #9995.
Price $15.
 


'Fujiyama, the great sacred mountain of Japan'. Mountain seems to have faded into the distance but interesting view nevertheless.
Condition. Slight damage to left corner of mount and slight scratch in sky area of right image.
Order #9996.
Price $8.
 
 


'Pilgrims, at the end of their weary ascent, in worship encircling the crater of sacred Fujiyama,'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #9997.
Price $12.
 


'Peering from the lava-encrusted rim down into sacred Fujiyama's vast mysterious crater'. Descriptive text.
Condition 8.
Order #9998.
Price $12.
 
 


Keystone. 'Snow-capped Fuji, the superb (12,365 ft), mirrored in Lake Shorji - looking S.E.'. Descriptive text.
Condition. Some long surface scratches, one slightly visible when viewing.
Order #9999.
Price $10.
 
 
 

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