Japan from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. 1930s PHOTO ALBUM, cloth-covered boards, 8.5x 5.5",12 leaves - (58) PHOTOGRAPHS- 1.75x 2.5"/ 2.25x 3.5"/ 4x6". Vintage photo album -1930s Japanese Boys Academy. Photos show young men and boys outdoors, hikes, athletic activities, some pics of obi wearers, snow-covered mountains, mother & sewing machine, small children. Very nice condition. Domestic s&h $15..… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. An evocative Japanese photo album of the late 1930s, a time when she was winning in China & Korea, and America had not yet entered the war. Album is 7.5" X 10.5" (approx). 70 photographs of several varying sizes, about half glued, & half applied with photo corners..

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. This is a lovely, however very serious album from prewar Japan. The photos are formally staged or studio photographs, 1900s-1930s. There are 78 photographs that range in size. The album measures 10x7.25 inches..

Book. Poor. Soft cover. --A Handwritten, Well-Illustrated Treatise on Shingaku-- the religious movement that flourished in Japan in 1725-1875. The movement was begun by Ishida Baigan (1685-1744) and his successor Teshima Toan (1718-1786), but the religion spread broadly in the years following by a group of well-trained preachers travelling Japan. Shingaku arose in Japan as the country emerged from centuries… Read more about this item