Published by Garnet Publishing Ltd., Reading, England, 268 x 225mm, 159 pages, 122 illustrations, mainly colour.
These photographs of Japan were assembled by the Russian botanist Alexander Vasilyevich Grigoryev during his 1879 trip to Japan. They include photographs from the studios of Baron von Stillfried, Usui Shusaburo and a number of shajo genre scenes by Suzuki Shinichi I.