JAPANESE WOMEN: AN ALBUM von JAPANESE WOMEN: (2 Ergebnisse)

[Japan n.d. ca 1880's]. Hand-made Washi paper cover accord- ion folding album, 11 images, mounted with old corners, each 9 x 14 cm., hand-colored pastel colors, albumen types, clear & strong images, little fading, superbly posed. R A R E The photographs are of high quality, skillfully composed, the photographer is unknown, likely the work of Kimbei or his school. The portraits are posed, some in a studio, others in Japanese homes. True to the times in which these girls and ladies lived, during the Meiji [1868-1912], they all wear the stunning and traditional elaborate Kimono, with matching coiffeurs, with hair pins and other accessories. The Kimono reflect the season, some show winter type, with heavy over wear, others for warmer seasons. Images are: Three Japanese girls and a rickshaw puller: two ride-one with umbrella, the other stands nearby. A Japanese woman wears an elaborate Kimono & sits on Tatami mats, holding a "Tama" or thread ball. Young girl stands with umbrella. Four women have tea & cakes around the Hibachi, a Tansu in the background, as they sit on Tatami. * Three women pose: two stand, one sits. Four women sit on the studio floor and pose, rice bowls sit on a tray nearby, with a small square Hibachi, one holds a fan. Two girls pose, one holds her large Kasuri textile Kimono sleeve on her lap, they wear Tabi [socks] and pose. Five women pose pose: two stand, three sit on the floor, Tansu & small squ- are Hibachi with a tray of tea cups. A woman stands by a foreign type table with a potted plant & table cloth, while holding a folded black umbrella. Three women sit on the floor two hold fans, three other fans sit on the floor, adj- acent to them is a small shrine or Mikoshi, they all sit on Zabuton pillows, one smokes a long pipe [Kiseru]. Two women pose one stands, the other sits. * By and large, an excellent and most exquisite view of period Japanese women, their life style, costume and manners. What is additionally wonderful about these delicate photographs are the expressions on the women's faces. Some show a stoic or "inscrutable look," others reveal a bewildered look as they are posing for the difficult to understand camera and photographer. All reflect an earlier period of Japanese innocence, and awe in the unusual use of the latest mode of "high technology", while posing. A nice lot ! Photographs of this high quality and fascinating subject matter are SCARCE. *.

Japan n.d. ca 1900-1920's. A green cloth photo album, faded green leaves, 23 x 39 cm., very good, contains 100 cards in all: 71 hand-colored, 15 color, 14 b.w., cards, mounted in slits provide. A very nice period collection. S C A R C E A stunning and beautiful collection of postcards, mostly un- used, lovely hand colored photographs from about 1900-1910, with four from the 1920's-30's. The album begins with a group of four Japanese women and a young girl, under a wisteria garden, another shows a woman dishing up a bowl of rice, then a lovely young girl plyaing the Koto; other views show flower arrangement, New Years Kimono, winter scenes with women holding a large umbrellaand with a hood for head protection and another shows two girls reading a book; a girl sewing, holding a baby, riding a Jinrikshaw, in the garden, more of girls reading books, doing household chores, playing the Shamisen, poses for New Years, cleaning house, making dinner and changing her Kimono, with friends and hair dressing. This album shows the Japanese woman at her daily chores, wearing her finest Kimono for New Years or other celebrations, Zen arts of flower and tea, cute poses, dressed up to visit friends, riding the ricksha, playing music, eating, dancing and just about everything in her life as a daughter, sister, mother, and wife. The black and white photos show similar poses, 4-5 appear to be 1920's movie stars most in Kimono, one in a Western style dress. These beautiful photo postcards show Japanese women at their best wearing stunning and elaborate Kimono, with their tradition- al coiffeur, holding an umbrella, wearing Geta [sandals]. Some are studio posed, others taken in a live setting. A good insight to period Japanese women and their costume and traditions. By and large a comprehensive look at Japanese womanhood, a comprehensive and remarkable collection. Color scans can be sent by email.