1894 🈶️ ANTIQUE BOOK_CHINA_JAPAN_KOREA_MANNERS_TEMPLES_CRIME_WARS_170 PICTURES+

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From preface:
"The Continent of Asia is waking up from the sleep of ages. Japan is thrilled by the dawning light of Western civilization. China is learning that the world moves, and she must shake off the lethargy of centuries and take her place in the grand march of nations. Korea is suddenly stirred with a new life and becomes a central figure in the great drama of the Orient."
Title
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The flowery kingdom and the
land of the Mikado
author
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Henry Davenport Northrop; intro by Hon. John Young
published
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Shepp Publishing Co, Pa.,
1894 -1st edition ??
binding:
- pictorial
hardcover with
gilt lettering,
pictorial oriental endpapers, and marbled page edges
size:
apx
10.5"
by 8.25" WITH 608 pages -
weighs 4.7 lbs!
ILLUSTRATED with apx 170 pictures
[quick count], several full page, some from photographs
Contents:
title continues:
or China, Japan and Corea: Containing their Complete History Down to the Present Time; Manners, Customs and Peculiarities of the People; Superstitions; Idol Worship; Industries; Natural Scenery, Etc., Etc. Together with a Graphic Account of the War between China and Japan, Its Causes, Land and Naval Battles, Etc., Etc. /
this book is so complete,
think of a subject,
it is in here...
even their beliefs on ghosts! from government to entertainment, family life, shops, art, opium dens, wars, children, temples, food, tea, punishments, and on and on.
Condition report below the list of pictures
keep scrolling
Part 1= China
CHAPTER I. Early History of the Celestial Empire  CHAPTER II. The Story of the Han Rulers
CHAPTER III. The Mongol Conquest of China
CHAPTER IV. The First Manchu Ruler
CHAPTER V. The Taeping Rebellion & Story of Chinese Gordon
CHAPTER VI. Prince Kung and the Regency
CHAPTER VII. The Reign of the Emperor Kwangsu  CHAPTER VIII. The Emperor of China and His Court
CHAPTER IX.  The
Punishment of Criminals
CHAPTER X. Chinese Mechanics and Merchants  CHAPTER XL Chinese Marriage Customs
CHAPTER XII. Varieties of Chinese Life
CHAPTER XIII. Food, Dress and Amusements of the Chinese
CHAPTER XIV. The Religions of China
CHAPTER XV. Country Life in China
CHAPTER XVI. Agricultural Products and Exports
Part 2 = Japan
CHAPTER
XVII.  Early History of Japan
CHAPTER XVIII. The Country and the People
CHAPTER XIX. Domestic Life in Japan
CHAPTER XX. The Residence of the Shoguns
CHAPTER XXI. The Great City of Tokio
CHAPTER XXII. Shops and Industries of Tokio CHAPTER XXIII. Popular Japanese Customs
CHAPTER XXIV. Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan  CHAPTER XXV. Amusements of the Japanese
CHAPTER XXVI. Peculiarities of the Japanese  CHAPTER XXVII. The New- Year Festival in Japan  CHAPTER XXVIII. Japanese Women
CHAPTER XXIX. Striking Features of Japanese- Life  CHAPTER XXX. Street Scenes in Yokohama
CHAPTER XXXI. The New Japan
Part 2 = Korea and the war between China and Japan
CHAPTER
XXXII.  Life and Travel in Korea
CHAPTER XXXIII. War Between China and Japan  CHAPTER XXXIV. The Battle of Ping-Yang
CHAPTER XXXV. Japan's Great Naval Victory  CHAPTER XXXVI.  Stirring Incidents of the Campaign  CHAPTER XXXVII. The Fall of Port Arthur
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Japanese Account of the War CHAPTER XXXIX. The Capital of China
Condition report below the list of pictures
Partial lists of pictures [ to page 371]:
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Service in a Chinese Temple 19 Floating Chinese Village 23 Cortege Accompanying a Mandarin 27 Town and Harbor of Victoria, Hong Kong 33 Sale of Prayers in a Chinese Temple 38 A Traveller's Habitual Escort 41 Image of Buddha 43 Types of Mongols 47 A Chinese Bridge 50 Battle with the Mongols 53 The Giant Chang 59 Street Scene in Pekin, China 65 A Movable Cook-Shop 68 Chinese Actors in Fantastic Costumes 71 Chinese Wedding Procession 77 Sending Prayers to Heaven by Burning Them 82 Heads of Criminals Displayed for a Warning 85 Chinese Court of Justice 95 Following the Dead to the Cemetery 99 Street in Nam-Dirah 103 A Chinese Festival 106 General View of the Fortifications of Pekin Chinese Mandarin and His Wife 117 General Gordon 120 Chinese Pedler 126 The Famous Porcelain Tower 138 Chinese Cobblers 142 Chinese Restaurant 148 Chinese Out for an Airing 152 View of Tientsin, China 156 A Chinese Band 159 Opium Smokers 160 The Temple of Heaven, Pekin 164 Types of Chinese Women 168 Americans Dining with Prince Kung, of China 171 Chinese Mandarin 174 A Chinese Funeral Procession 175 Street Scene in Canton 178 Chinese Modes of Torture 182 Beheading a Chinese Criminal 186 Fighting Quails 190 Pagoda and Vases 193 Itinerant Chinese Barber 196 Embroidered Chinese Screen 202 Chinese Bride . Carried to the House of Her Future Husband 205 The Bridal Feast 208 Deformed Feet of Chinese Ladies 210 The Great Wall of China 21 G Ivi-Hung Chang, Viceroy of China 220 Pavilion Near the Mencius Temple .... 224 A High-Caste Mandarin 231 Merchants' Club at Shanghai 238 Interior of a Chinese Theatre 244 Actor of Cochin- China 248 Porcelain Vases of Northern China .... 251 The Temple of Five Hundred Chinese Gods . 256 Temple at Nankin 260 Interior of a Chinese Temple, Showing their Idols 266 Religious Ceremony in a Joss-House .... 270 A Chinese Pagoda 276 A Chinese Curiosity Shop 277 Chinese Baby in its Winter Cradle 278 A Native Chinese Missionary 281 A Mandarin Receiving a Visitor 282 A Mounted Military Bowman of Ancient Times 284 A Chinese Merchant of Canton 285 Courtyard of a Chinese Hostlery 286 Chinese Students 287 Emperor of Japan 291 Empress of Japan 295 View of Kioto, Japan 298 Great Bell of Kioto 300 A Japanese School 301 Japanese Ballet of Butterflies 307 View of Yokohama ; . . 310 Japanese Bonze 311 Japanese at Tea 314 Castle at Matsuyama, Japan 318 Japanese Family 323 A Japanese Residence 326 The Court of the Mikado 330 Yoritomo Invested with the Title of Shogun . '334 A Japanese Temple 336 Baptism of Buddha 342 A Japanese Lady in Her Palanquin 350 Japanese Custom of Freeing the Captives . . 359 Japanese Lady 362 The Hero Yashitzone 364 A Japanese Couch 366 Japanese Shop . 371
Condition:
Please
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photos carefully
as they are part of the description. I am human and sometimes miss a thing or 2, but I
try to mention the book's main faults
. all of my books are VERY OLD and have 100+ years of wear to varying degrees
excellent condition.... for its age [ 127 years old]:
boards -
very secure, 2 small spots to the back cover / back cover has the same design as the front stamped into it
textblock
- pages very secure
outer joints
-  very good front / back one looks like rope [see last picture] I have no idea what caused this, this goes all the way from the top to the bottom + it has a very small split
spine ends
- very good - light wear
tips
- very good - light wear
inner hinges
-  very good - back paper cracked apx 1.5"
pages
- very clean, just a few spots
writing
- 2 inscriptions on the ffep
rips /folds
- no rips that I saw / the top corners of the pages are bumped in about the last 1/3 of the book
other:
- gilt on covers still pretty bright / the marbling on the page edges is still really bright [ see picture 10's edge]
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