\u003cDIV\u003e\u003cSTRONG\u003eThis fascinating Japanese photography book features over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan.\u003c/STRONG\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003eAlmost one-fourth of the images are hand colored, superb examples of a rich art form long since vanished. The Japan of this book too has disappeared, but author and compiler Terry Bennett has put together a unique portrait of the country at perhaps its most decisive turning point, a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern age.\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003eImportant features of \u003cEM\u003eEarly Japanese Images\u003c/EM\u003e include the following:\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e A historical overview of the years 1853-1912\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e The story of early Western photographers in Japan\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e The story of early Japanese photographers\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e Over 100 images reproduced in original sepia tones\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e Over 40 images reproduced as originally handcolored\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e An invaluable index that identifies the photographers\u003c/DIV\u003e
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