Japan : 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 ; [introd. by Arthur J. Mundy].

Initials; head and tail pieces.
Paged continuously. Bound in Japanese style; folded leaves, printed on one side of leaf only.
The greater part of the plates preceded by guard sheet with descriptive text.
"The collotype prints of Japanese flowers are made in Tokyo by K. Ogawa. The Xylograph prints, illustrating the lecture on Japanese art by K. Okakura ... are printed in Tokyo by the Kokkwa Publishing Company. The photographs are all made and colored by hand in Japan. The special works of art such as the water colors of animals and flowers have been painted and signed by native artists ... The silk bindings for the ten sections were woven to order in Kyoto by S. Iida."--Introd.