Japan, Her Land & Life, Twelve Selected Colour Pictures, with Explanation Booklet, 1930s.

Folder containing 12 coloured pictures of Japan and a booklet titled ‘Explanations of Twelve Selected Colour Pictures, Japan Her Land & Life’.

Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo.

Date – 1936.

Pictures all there and titled as follows;

1. Nijubashi Bridge, Main Entrance to Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
2. Peerless Mt. Fuji, Japan’s National Mountain in Spring time.
3. Sakura, or Cherry Blossom, Japanese People’s National Flower.
4. Yomeimon, Nikko, the most Resplendent Shrine Gate.
5. Daibutsu, of Great Buddha, at Kamakura. Most Typical Statue of it’s Kind.
6. Part of the Aoi-Matsuri Classical Procession, One of the Three Grand Festivals of Kyoto.
7. Hina-Matsuri or Girl’s Doll Festival, Held on March 3.
8. Chanoyu or Tea Ceremony, One of Japan’s Classical Esthetic Arts.
9. Bird’-eye View of the Horyuji Buddhist Monastery, near Nara.
10.  Feudal Castle of Himeji, One of the Best Examples of its Kind.
11.  Japanese School Children Practising “Kendo,” or Fencing with Bamboo Staves.
12.  Typical Seascape of Japan, World-Famous for her Natural Beauty.

Folder measures 39cms x 30.5cms.

Pictures measure 38cms x 30cms.

Condition – not too bad at all, folder showing its age with marks and the locking tab area is torn. Booklet is ok, staples intact and pages bright and clean, some folds. Images have faired well, bright and clean, some age related wear to edges.

Quite rare pre-second world war tourist pictures.