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OGAWA KAZUMASA - Lot 242
OGAWA KAZUMASA CHINA] OGAWA KAZUMASA - The Imperial City of Peking, China. Vol. I & II. [Title on bindings]. The Imperial City of Peking, China [Title on the cover of the portfolios], Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking Compiled by The Imperial Museum of Tokyo, Collotyped from the Negatives Taken by K. Ogawa , F.R.P.S. With Explanatory Notes in Japanese by C. Ito, Kogakuhakushu, English by T. Tomiogi, Bungakushi, Chinese by A. Aoyage, Limited Edition of 500 Copies (each copy numbered) [Title of the text booklet]. Tokyo, Kazumasa Ogawa, 1906. 2 volumes in-folio, leaves and 1 volume of text, in publisher's wallets, top board in brocade bearing the title in Chinese, surrounded by two dragons, at the bottom the title in English, all in a richly decorated poly-lobed frame of flowers and scrolls, four brown silk cords on each board, spine in gilt cloth with floral design, lower board and flaps covered with brown cloth, decorated paper lining, cardboard cases preserved (small traces of wear very marginal, otherwise complete and in good condition, cardboard cases roughly restored). [6], 18, [56], [2 bl.] pp. 172 plates: respectively 65 of which 5 large fold-outs and pl. 66-172. Copy no. 393. Scattered foxing. A masterful publication illustrated with 172 collotypes by Ogawa Kazumasa. According to the opinion, the end of the Boxer uprising in 1901 allowed Japan to be recognized internationally as a major political power and to become one of the allied powers occupying China. The Imperial University of Tokyo established a commission headed by Professor Chiuta Ito of the School of Engineering to study "...the layout, construction and decoration of the palace building in the 'Forbidden City' and other palace grounds." Kazumasa Ogawa was the photographer of this commission. The work of the commission became the property of the Tokyo Imperial Museum. The museum authorized K. Ogawa to publish "more than 170" photographs, together with the accompanying notes, which were considered to represent "...all the important views and buildings of the city...". Kazumasa Ogawa (1860 - 1929) was also a printer, publisher, pioneer of photography and one of the founders of the Japanese Photographic Society.
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