Guide des voyages en train du Japon

Work published by the Japanese Ministry of Railways, admirably illustrated with 130 double-page color illustrations by Hatsusaburo Yoshida: 2 decorating the pastedowns (traditional Japanese animated scenes), 26 views and 104 bird's-eye view landscape maps. Numerous black maps including a large one at the end of the Japanese railways, which is detached.
Pale green cloth covers. Smooth spine with title. Boards printed in black with a sample of Japanese fabric, a cartouche for the title. Cardboard slipcase repeating the board motifs in black. Small lacks to slipcase, rubbing and corners bumped. Fine condition of the collection with occasional light foxing. A paper lack to the pastedowns at the end of the volume. Some pages with fine manuscript notes in ink.
Celebrated as the Hiroshige of the Taisho era, Yoshida (1884-1955) was a painter and cartographer. His bird's-eye view maps and views are enhanced by multiple colors and changes of season and weather. A major retrospective of his works took place in Japan at the Sakai Museum in 1999.