Views of the North China Affair by Sanshichiro Yamamoto

Sanshichiro Yamamoto

Published by Tokyo: Tokyo Printing Co. Ltd. for S. Yamamoto, 1901

About this Item

39x26.5cm. FIRST EDITION, oblong folio. 58 numbered photographic plates with printed captions in English and Japanese. Slipcase damaged and detached, but the album itself is in excellent condition. In June 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxers and Qing troops besieged the British Legation in Beijing and the Xishiku Church. In response, the Eight-Nation Alliance launched a military campaign from Tianjin to Beijing to rescue the besieged foreigners and Chinese Christians. As the foreign forces advanced, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled to Xi an. In August 1900, the Allied forces captured Beijing. Shortly after the fall of Beijing, the Emperor of Japan dispatched his aide-de-camp, Colonel Okazawa Suzu, along with photographer Yamamoto Makoto, to China to inspect and offer condolences to the Japanese troops. During his time in Dagu, Tianjin, and Beijing, Yamamoto Makoto took numerous photographs, selecting 108 images to compile into "Views of the North China Affair ", which featured bilingual captions in Japanese and English. The album was published in Tokyo in 1901.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1742531600344

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Views of the North China Affair by Sanshichiro Yamamoto
• Publisher: Tokyo: Tokyo Printing Co. Ltd. for S. Yamamoto
• Publication Date: 1901
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good