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JAPAN
Her Strength and Her Beauty

(Collier and Son, 1904)

photographs and drawings by Henry Reuterdahl, Fletcher Ransom, Sidney Adamson, and Genjiro Yeto

These are original 120-year-old prints. We do NOT sell reproductions.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW
SOME AGE-APPROPRIATE TONING, WEAR AND SHORT TEARS POSSIBLE.

TRANQUILLITY
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
TRANQUILLITY [sic]
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (The Elephant in the grounds of the Kwannon Temple, Tokio; Traveling by Road in a Basketwork Kago)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

SHORT TEAR IN LEFT MARGIN, STOPPING JUST AT IMAGE EDGE

$20
A MORNING PROMENADE
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A MORNING PROMENADE
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lieutenant-General Baron Oseko; A Public Holiday in Osaka)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
AVENUE OF CRYPTOMERIA PINES AT NIKKO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
AVENUE OF CRYPTOMERIA PINES AT NIKKO
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Rear-Admiral Jjuiu; Pagoda in Ueno Park, Tokio)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches
$20
SHIPPING ON TOKIO'S CANAL
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
SHIPPING ON TOKIO'S CANAL
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Admiral Inouye; The Village Blacksmith)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

SHORT TEAR IN RIGHT MARGIN, AWAY FROM IMAGE

$20
BRIDGE TO THE MIKADO'S PALACE, TOKIO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
BRIDGE TO THE MIKADO'S PALACE, TOKIO
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Rear-Admiral Sakamoto; "How do you do!" [Geishas bowing on tatamis]
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$20
TEMPLES ON THE SACRED ISLAND OF MIYAJIMA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
TEMPLES ON THE SACRED ISLAND OF MIYAJIMA
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Baron Hayashi; In the Kioto Porcelain Factory)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
STREET SCENE IN NAGASAKI, WITH JINRIKISHAS ON THE RIGHT
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
STREET SCENE IN NAGASAKI,
WITH JINRIKISHAS ON THE RIGHT
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Keichoku Hatano; A Shinto Priest...)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
SACRED BRIDGE AT NIKKO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
SACRED BRIDGE AT NIKKO
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Kanetake Oura; Catching Goldfish at Hakone Castle)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
HARBOR AND CITY OF HAKODATE
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
HARBOR AND CITY OF HAKODATE
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lieutenant-General Terauchi; Geishas warming themselves at an hibachi, or brazier...)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
THE PALACE OF THE MIKADO ON LAKE HAKONE
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE PALACE OF THE MIKADO ON LAKE HAKONE
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Prince Fushimi; Marines on the Warship "Kaimon")
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
A SILK STORE IN TOKYO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A SILK STORE IN TOKIO [TOKYO]
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Field-Marshal Marquis Yamagata; Looking over Lake Nakanoku-Ratoga toward Fujiyama)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
A JAPANESE JUNK
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A JAPANESE JUNK
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Baron Doctor Saneyoshi; A Street Conjurer)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
THE WHITE AND WOODED CLIFFS OF MISSISSIPPI BAY
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE WHITE AND WOODED CLIFFS OF MISSISSIPPI BAY
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Itinerant venders of flags and patriotic emblems; Plowing a rice field)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$20
A FREAK OF NATURE IN THE MATSUSHIMA ISLANDS
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
A FREAK OF NATURE IN THE MATSUSHIMA ISLANDS
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lieutenant-General Baron Oshima; A phase of the umbrella industry)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$20
AMONG THE ISLANDS OF MATSUSHIMA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
AMONG THE ISLANDS OF MATSUSHIMA
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lieutenant-General Kurokawa; Stone Buddhas near Nikko)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$20
SHIBA TEMPLE GATE, TOKIO [TOKYO]
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
SHIBA TEMPLE GATE, TOKIO [TOKYO]
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lake Chuzenji; The Buddhist Mode of Burial)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$25
THE EXTINCT VOLCANO OF FUJIYAMA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE EXTINCT VOLCANO OF FUJIYAMA
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Major-General Koken Tanaka; Stone lanterns...)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$25
THE MAIN STREET OF IKAO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE MAIN STREET OF IKAO
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Vice-Admiral Samejima; A Buddhist Funeral at Kioto)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$20
STREET SCENE DURING A CELEBRATION
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
STREET SCENE DURING A CELEBRATION
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Mr. Kogoro Takahira; A Major of Artillery)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 9 x 13 inches

$20
WRESTLERS AT A COUNTRY FAIR
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
WRESTLERS AT A COUNTRY FAIR
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Count Inouye; Ancient Watchmen of a Holy Shrine)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches

SHORT TEARS IN MARGINS, NOT AFFECTING IMAGE AREA

$25
ON THE ROAD TO NAGASAKI ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE AT NARA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)

ON THE ROAD TO NAGASAKI

ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE AT NARA

Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Asamayam, Nippon's largest active volcano; A true fish story)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 11 x 16 inches • Image sizes: about 9 x 5.5 inches each

$20
BEFORE THE MONUMENT TO COMMODORE PERRY, NEAR URAGA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
BEFORE THE MONUMENT TO COMMODORE PERRY, NEAR URAGA
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Lieutenant-General Muraki; Young Japan Playing at War)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 13 X 9 inches
$20
OFF TO THE WAR!
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
OFF TO THE WAR!
Opposite side of paper: 2 small images (Prince Kanin; A peasant weaving cloth)
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 16 X 11 inches • Image size about 9.25 X 7.75 inches
$25
DANCERS IN SHINTO TEMPLE AT NARA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
DANCERS IN SHINTO TEMPLE AT NARA
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 7.25 x 10.5 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 5.25 x 8 inches
$15
THE TOILET
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE TOILET
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches
SNOWBALLS
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
SNOWBALLS
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches
$10
FUJIYAMA FROM ORNIYA VILLAGE
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
FUJIYAMA FROM ORNIYA VILLAGE
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)
Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches
$15
FUJIYAMA FROM IEDZUMI VILLAGE
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
FUJIYAMA FROM IEDZUMI VILLAGE
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

SEE CREASE AT TOP OF IMAGE

$10
NOGEYAMA, YOKOHAMA
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
NOGEYAMA, YOKOHAMA
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

$10
FERRY-BOAT, DOSHIGAWA RIVER, AT SAGAMI
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
FERRY-BOAT, DOSHIGAWA RIVER, AT SAGAMI
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

$10
CHERRY-TREE, MARUYAMA, KIOTO
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
CHERRY-TREE, MARUYAMA, KIOTO
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

$10
THE CHERRY BANK AT KOGANEI
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
THE CHERRY BANK AT KOGANEI
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

$10
WISTARIA GARDEN AT KAMEIDO, TOKIO [TOKYO]
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
WISTARIA GARDEN AT KAMEIDO, TOKIO [TOKYO]
original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 7.25 inches • Image sizes vary, but usually about 8 X 5.25 inches

$10
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
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The Darvill's watermark does not appear on the print.)
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

original print from JAPAN Her Strength and Her Beauty (Collier & Son, 1904)

POSSIBLY FROM A DIFFERENT PUBLICATION, NOTE SIZE DIFFERENCE BELOW

Sheet size=approx. 10.5 X 8. inches • Image sizes= about 8 X 6 inches

$10

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