Photo album, Japan, around 1900 (Meiji). Cover with leather back (with gold embossing) and wooden lids (the back with a tear) with lacquer paintings. On the front a geisha with a companion in a boat while fishing (some of the bone inlays missing). Content: 17 original photos, including 10x marine, sailor life, family photos, portraits of women. On 2 of the photos parts of the crew of SMS Scharnhorst (German battleship of the imperial navy). All pages with brocade and silk with hand paintings, only slight signs of wear, 4.5 x 22 x 27 cm