Uchida Kuichi, Raimund von Stillfried, Kusakabe... Lot 31

Uchida Kuichi, Raimund von Stillfried, Kusakabe Kimbei, ALBUM OF AN OFFICER ABOARD THE TRIUMPHANT, RED SEA AND JAPAN, 1883-1886 Green oblong album, 103 albumen prints, 280?x?220 mm, captioned in French. First part: Japan, 64 prints, some enhanced with watercolours and captions; 45 large and 19 small. Uchida Kuichi, Emperor Meiji Kaiser Mutsuhito, 1872, Empress Akinori, a sumo wrestling match, Japanese peasants, Tea house, Japanese gardens, a bathing party, the interior of a Gankiro Second part: Red Sea, 39 trials, Obock, Aden, Arab dhow used for trading, Suez Canal, chalet built for Empress Eugenie during the inauguration, now in ruins, Viceroy of Egypt and his wife, water merchant in Cairo, crocodile hunting La Triomphante is an ironclad battleship that entered service in 1879 and was assigned to the Far East squadron in 1884. She took part in the Franco-Chinese war including the Pescadores campaign in 1885.