First published in France in 1984, this selection of photographs made by the European photographers Felice Beato and the little-known Baron Raimund von Stillfried shows life in Japan during the last half of the 19th Century. Exquisitely reproduced, these delicate hand-tinted portraits of Japanese from different
classes and occupations--from fishmongers to princes--serve
as an elegant and lasting tribute
to a lifestyle that has now faded into the distant past. One of the most beautiful books of the year.