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Water Bird Album

Images from Japan taken from an album of hand-tinted albumen photographs produced for the tourist trade in the late 19th century. The album cover is red lacquer, featuring a design of a river with water birds. This album includes images of gardens, buildings, villages, ceremonies, priests, people of various professions, studio portraits, rituals, temples, and examples of costumes.