A horse-drawn carriage has just passed through the Sakashita-mon gate, while three jinrikisha (rickshaws) are waiting for passengers. In the back the Kunaisho (Imperial Household) building can be seen.
A wonderfully relaxed Ginza, full of empty space, with magnificent willow trees, a simple sandy road and a horse-drawn street car. It can hardly be any more different from the Ginza that we know today.
People gathering in front of Tokyo’s legendary Shintomiza Theater (新富座), near Ginza and the Tsukiji Foreign Settlement.
A confident young Japanese woman in modern dress and hairdo during the early Showa Period (1926-1989).
Two Japanese women are squatting next to a bath, while a third sits in the water.
A woman sitting on her knees is helping another woman, who is holding a sash, to put on a kimono.