2146280: KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Ornately bound Start Price USD 6,000.00 Current Price USD 19,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 9 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, May 15, 2008 End Time Thursday, May 15, 2008 Location New York, NY, USA See more about '2146280: KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Ornately bound' Description Current Lot KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Ornately bound lacquer album containing 100 rich, delicately hand-tinted photographs of Japan, with costume studies, samurai, occupationals, female teahouse performers and lovely geishas, landscape views, and street scenes. Hand-tinted albumen prints, 7 3/4x9 3/4 inches (19.8x25.7 cm.), with the original tissue guards, and a caption, in English, and an inventory number in the negative. Oblong folio, black lacquer night-time scene of a large owl perched on a branch sheltering a traditional Japanese home, with gilt highlights, and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlay, on front cover; all edges gilt. Circa 1889 Place a Bid!

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