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.
The Shinsaibashi Bridge in Osaka’s Minami district sometime during the 1910s.
Two Japanese women are feeding voracious silkworms. The large size of the basket filled with leaves clearly shows the enormous appetite of the worms.
A woman carefully pours (invisible) water on the hands of another woman, while a third woman is arriving at the gate. The water is ladled from a wash basin called temizu bachi.
This studio photo reconstructs the work place of a lantern and umbrella craftsman and his assistant.
Photographed in the 1930s, this Japanese woman still wears a kimono in this studio photo. But her hairstyle is thoroughly modern.