Tokyo 1890s
Prostitutes in Cage
Prostitutes behind a window in the Yukaku (red light district) of Yoshiwara in Tokyo.
Tokyo 1890s
Osaka 1890s
Dotonbori Canal
This image still kind of baffles me. According to the title on the negative this is a view on the Dotonbori canal in Osaka. But all other photographs of Dotonbori show a much wider canal and very different buildings.
Yokohama 1890s
Bentendori
Festival lanterns cheer up the business district of Bentendori 2-chome and 3-chome in Yokohama.
Kyoto 1890s
Pagoda at Kiyomizu
The three-tiered Koyasu Pagoda (子安の塔) at the entrance gate to Kiyomizudera, possibly one of the most celebrated buddhist temples of Japan.
Kyoto 1880s
Kiyomizudera
A beautiful view on the huge wooden veranda of Kiyomizudera in Kyoto’s Higashiyama area.
1910s
Momotaro in Striped Kimono
A melancholic image of the young Japanese geiko Momotaro wearing a slightly modern Japanese hairstyle.