Japan
By: described and illustrated by the Japanese ; written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars ; edited by Captain F. Brinkley ; with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura
Edition: Edition de luxe.
Publisher: J. B. Millet
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Japanese Art; History; Social life and customs; Art
Notes: The plates are mounted and preceded by guard sheets with descriptive text.

Introduction by Arthur J. Mundy.

The pp. (20) are the lectures by Okakura, distributed 2 pages to a volume, each having a mounted xylograph print as illustration.

"Edition de luxe limited to seven hundred and fifty numbered copies." [v.l]
Table of contents: title: The empire, its size, buildings, cities and scenery / by the editor; title: The early Japanese and their history; title: The story of the Forty-seven Ronins; title: Establishment of the Tokugawa dynasty, and Japan's relations with the Orient in the early ages of the Christian era; title: Japan's debt to continental neighbors in early eras; title: Mediaeval Japan; title: Yoshitsune, Genghis and the Mongol invasion; title: Creeds and castes; title: Religion and rites; title: Superstitions and divination; title: Festivals; title: Observances and pastimes; title: Japan's commercial and political intercourse with foreign countries; title: The attitude of Japan toward foreign residents ; Japanese finance; title: Modern Japan in brief.