Japanese, late 1940s, hundreds of individual pieces in protective plastic sleeves including woodblock printed New Year’s cards and postcards; bound sets of black-and-white photos with views of Japan including village scenes, Kyoto, festivals, tea ceremony, Kabuki and children; 17 black-and-white views of domestic life; eight 4 x 9-3/4 in. tinted photographs of domestic scenes; printed flyers on [Kabuki], [Sumo] and nightclub venues; numerous color travel photo postcards, many in original sleeves; country and regional maps; tourist brochures; reduced-size copies of famous [ukiyo-e] prints; and other, boxes 3-1/4 x 13 x 9-3/4 in.. Condition: toning, minor tears. Provenance: Collection of Prof. John W. Bennett; Collection of Commander USNR (Ret.) Wayne S. and Mrs. Lydia B. Shiver, Asheboro, North Carolina
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toning, minor tears