LITERATURE

LITERATURE

F BRINKLEY, JAPAN: DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE, VOL.I-X (1897-98)

Imperial edition in ten volumes, n. 74 from a limited run of 100, including over 200 illustrations (chromolithographs, collotype photographs and other printing techniques) of famous artworks, containing essays on Japanese art, all folios 37.2cm x 29.3mm. (10)

Captain Francis Brinkley (1841-1912) was an Anglo-Irish officer and newspaper owner who lived in Japan for more than forty years during the Meiji period. He created the newspaper The Japan Mail and later became the Tokyo correspondent for The Times of London, reporting on the Russo-Japanese War. He published several books on Japan and was the editor for the present publication, a general guide to Japanese culture.