Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes unhappy dog I've come across a few

I've come across a few of this photo statuettes

The center on the top of this one

flanked by a whole cast of characters and the words "Manchester Unity" at the very bottom

168 pages + end matter

but I have found no other like it

Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes unhappy dog I've come across a fewOf course I wish I could read Japanese to know what is written on the right hand page of each spread in this lovely early 20th century manuscript notebook, but the sumi ink drawings on the left of the spread (58 total by my count) more than stand on their own. Each drawing painting is of a landscape view framed by an oval border, with each seeming like a portrait of a specific place at a specific moment sometimes with rain streaming down, sometimes