A Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan / Gertrude Adams Fisher

Name/Title

A Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan / Gertrude Adams Fisher

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.234

Description

293 pages with index. Color frontis. Illustrated with 33 black and white photographic plates. Contents: First impressions -- The cherry-blossom season -- Sightseeing -- An overland journey -- A national rite -- Alone in Nikko -- Sendai, Matsushima, and Ikao -- An inland trip -- Sightseeing -- The Buddhist University and the Judo School -- The Russian mission and the Red Cross hospital -- The great Japanese industries and the stock market -- Woman's education in Japan.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s, Description and travel

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

Gertrude Adams Fisher

Edition

First

Publisher

L.C. Page & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1906

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Japonisme

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Binding in blue/grey cloth signed by "ES" in the bottom right corner (unattributed). Pink, white, green and black stamped pictorial binding depicts a boat with billowing sail beneath a snow capped Mt Fuji and green mountains. This is surrounded by a double ruled frame of vine and flowers. Gilt titles to spine and cover in an Oriental inspired typography.Top edge gilt. 293 pages with index.

Notes

Stated First Impression October 1906. Flyleaf inscription: Lena F. MacClusney, With loving greeting from N. W. Noel, Christmas 1906.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

Japan

Exhibition

Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020