Yokohama 1890s
Bentendori
Festival lanterns cheer up the business district of Bentendori 2-chome and 3-chome in Yokohama.
Yokohama 1890s
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.
Osaka 1930s
Osaka Station
A steam locomotive arrives at the overhead platform of Osaka Station sometime during the 1930s.
Tokyo 1890s
Yoshiwara Brothel
Women sit in the window of a Meiji period brothel in Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s well-known red light district.