Album of Nikko National Park, Japan with 33 Color Tissue-guarded Captioned Photographs c1937

String-tied Wraps.

String tied decorated wraps; Oblong 10.5 by 7.5 inches; 33 pages of plus 2 color maps and several page of Japanese text. The captions are in both English and Japanese. There is a bookplate with a name and the date of 1937.  To be read in a Japanese style [rear to front] 33 Color Tissue-guarded Captioned Photographs, some pages have more than one print.

Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Faint damp marks on the front edge of a few plates are not affecting prints.

The shrines and temples of Nikko have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site featuring historical shrines and temples just 2 hours from Tokyo.

Here, you can visit the Toshogu Shrine, which dates from the 17th century and is a monument to (and the mausoleum of) Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of a shogunate that ruled Japan for 250 years. Travelers day-tripping from Tokyo generally focus on the sacred sites, but if you have extra time, explore the area’s beautiful waterfalls and lakes.

Item #16349

Price: $45.00