A model Japanese villa
A model Japanese villa is a 1900 photographic album by Kazumasa Ogawa, published in Japan and held by the Getty Research Institute, documenting a domestic residence in the Japanese style. The hand-coloured photographs show the villa's interior rooms with tatami floors, painted sliding screens and lacquered tables, alongside garden views of potted chrysanthemums and plantings beneath wooden walkways; a designer could take its restrained layout, screen painting and garden display as reference for Meiji-era interiors.
