Picture Book Album Photos of Japanese American families in the Seattle and Portland area. Captions and information written in Japanese. The book has a string binding, opens left to right. It has an olive green cover with an illustration of Mt. Fuji and gold writing. The front nad back covers are torn, frayed and flaking. Kotaishi Denka goseinenshiki kinen kokoku shinmin shashincho [Photo Album of Subjects of Japan Commemorating the Coming of Age of the Crown Prince] Publication information: Preface dated Taish? 8 [1919] 1 volume, unpaged except for a small section at the end listing people whose photographs were not received. The final page of the book has been heavily damaged and the portion containing the colophon (with the editorial and publication information) is for the most part missing. However, I think we can conclude from what little remains and of the final page and other information that the book was published in Seattle in 1919 by the ???(D?h?sha). Holdings information No holdings are reported on OCLC Worldcat or on NACSIS Webcat (a comprehensive union catalog of libraries in Japan). A Google search (in Japanese) produced no results. It is possible that some library in Japan may have a copy of this book - most likely in special collections - and the catalog record is available only on site (traditional card catalog, book catalog of some kind, or an accession list), or perhaps through a local online catalog which must be specifically accessed. In addition, we cannot rule out the possibility that a copy may be in a library in North America and is simply "uncataloged" or in special collections of some kind with minimal processing information available only on site. For now, it appears that the copy held by Wing Luke is the only known publically available copy. Information supplied by Scott Edward (Eddy) Harrison, February 17, 2012

Kotaishi Denka goseinenshiki kinen kokoku shinmin shashincho [Photo Album of Subjects of Japan Commemorating the Coming of Age of the Crown Prince]

1919

1997.003.001