Japan: described and illustrated by the Japanese, v.8 / written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars; edited by Captain F. Brinkley with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura
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- Title
- Japan: described and illustrated by the Japanese, v.8 / written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars; edited by Captain F. Brinkley with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura
- Author
- Captain F Brinkley
- Publication year listed
- 1897
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- Public domain eBook
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Japan: described and illustrated by the Japanese, v.8 / written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars; edited by Captain F. Brinkley with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura
Year: 1897
Introduction by Arthur J. Mundy Paged continuously; printed on one side of leaf only; most plates preceded by guard sheet with descriptive text. "Mikado edition limited to two hundred fifty numbered copies of which this is No. 64..." "In order that this publication may express exclusively Japanese ideas, the publishers have imported all the material needed for illustrating and bindng the work...the photographs are all made and colored by hand in Japan. ..The silk bindings with tassels and cords for the ten sections were woven to order in Kyoto by S. Iida...The silk was dyed to order and the combination of colors used is based upon a collection of fine brocades in the palace of the present Emperor of Japan. "--P. vii