Herbert Ponting’s Fuji San, 1905

A selection of pages from photographer Herbert G Ponting’s Fuji San, issued in Tokyo, by popular photo books publisher K Ogawa in 1905, The book featured 25 black & white plates from Ponting of Mount Fuji viewed from different locations and seasons, each image captioned in English and Japanese. The book was distributed by Kelly Walsh of Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ponting took the photos while in Japan covering the 1905/1906 Russo-Japanese War.