77/3078 [Japan]. Lot of 37 (handcol.) albumen prints, mainly portraits of women, possibly by/ in the style of i.a. K. KIMBEI, late 19th cent., all ±20x26 cm., occas. doubled, partly numbered and w. locations/ scenes identified in the print.

= A very nice colletion of mainly studio photographs, in the style of K. Kimbei or F. Beato, often elegantly handcoloured, i.a. "87. Coolie Winter Dress"; "1739 Fish Seller"; "1654 Street singers"; "571 Traveling Chair at Hakone"; a young woman in traditional costume holding a kitten; "1692 Back style" (showing elaborate hair style on a woman in traditional costume); "1625 Drinking Tea"; "127. Wayside resting" and "1608 Playing music".