`PICTURES OF A HUNDRED EMINENT JAPANESE` BY MIKI TEIICHI, VOL 1 Meiji period, 1887 Pictures of A Hundred Eminent Japanese Ancient and Modern with Their Biographies Accompanied by an English Translation made by G. Takahashi , 82 pages featuring ten woodblock print diptychs by Kiyochika Kobayashi, Mizuno Toshikata, Gekko Ogata, Yoshu Chikanobu and Yoshimune Arai illustrating famous statesmen and women and other historical figures, text in English, Japanese and Chinese, original paper cover, 25cm high, 18cm wide Provenance : the collection of John Macallan Swan (1846 – 1910) and thence by descent. J.M. Swan received his artistic training in England and Paris, successfully working in various mediums. Member of the Royal Academy, the Dutch Water-Colour Society, he exhibited at the Parisian Academy since 1878, winning first-class gold medal for painting and sculpture in the Paris Exhibition in 1900. His painting Prodigal Son features in the collection of Tate Britain.