1890s
Basket and Broom Peddler
This vendor doesn’t only sell baskets and brooms (箒), but also brushes, sieves (笊), ladles (杓) and more, all piled up high on his cart, called a daihachiguruma (大八車).
1890s
Kobe 1930
The Bund
The Kobe Bund in 1930 (Showa 5), lined with the offices of steamship companies and trading houses.
Osaka 1870s-1880s
View from Enokojima
A beautiful and extremely rare—I haven’t seen this photo anywhere else yet—panoramic view of Osaka from the Osaka Prefectural Office, looking towards the North East.
1890s
Farmer with Loaded Horse
Looking at the huge amount of cargo this horse is carrying, you’d expect the poor animal to keel over any moment. But, these small Japanese horses were as strong as European horses.
Osaka 1910s
Shinsaibashi Bridge
The Shinsaibashi Bridge in Osaka’s Minami district sometime during the 1910s.
1904
Feeding Silkworms
Two Japanese women are feeding voracious silkworms. The large size of the basket filled with leaves clearly shows the enormous appetite of the worms.