[Japanese Americana]: [Hawaii]:

[Large Annotated Presentation Album Memorializing a Trip to Japan by a Group of Hawaiian Buddhists].

[Numerous locations in Japan: 1962]. [26] leaves, illustrated with 103 black-and-white photographs, mostly about 4.5 x 6.25 inches, each with typed caption printed in both Japanese and English. Oblong folio. Contemporary presentation photograph album bound in gold cloth, stamp-dated 1962 and with blind-embossed titles in Japanese, two tassel ties. Spine chipped and partially perished, some edge wear and rubbing, both bottom corners bumped and partially split. Contents clean and well organized. Very good. Item #5299

A tidy annotated presentation album commemorating a trip through Japan by a large group of Shinshu Buddhists from Hawaii in 1962. The photographs are almost all composed with the tour group posed mostly in front of various temples and shrines, but also at hotels, palaces, gardens, theaters, and other landmarks. The locations begin in Tokyo, and proceed to numerous Japanese cities including Nikko, Yokohama, Hakone, Kyoto, Koyasan, Izumo, Hiroshima, Yuda, Nagasaki, Beppu, and so forth. The titles on the front cover translate roughly to "Spring Tourism Memorial Hawaii Shinshu Buddhist Tour Group." A rare glimpse into Japanese American religious tourism to the homeland following World War II.

Price: $850