1890s
Woman in Room
A woman in kimono is reading seated on the floor behind a low table in a typical Japanese room.
1890s
Mount Fuji 1890s
From Izumi, Shizuoka
A gorgeous view on a snowcapped Mount Fuji as seen from the small village of Izumi (泉) in Shizuoka prefecture.
Nagasaki 1910s
Maruyama Brothels
Brothels in Nagasaki’s Maruyama prostitute quarters. At the height of the area’s popularity, Maruyama and neighboring Yoriai counted no less than 54 brothels with 766 prostitutes.
Osaka 1930s
Digging Midosuji Subway
This postcard of the early 1930s shows the construction of the Midosuji subway line in Osaka, the city’s first subway line and the first government-operated subway line in Japan.
Nagasaki 1890s
Maruyama Brothels
“Tea House” is the innocent and misleading title printed on this image. It is actually a view of the Nagasaki brothels Kinbaro (金波楼), the one with the lanterns, and Tamashimatei (玉島亭), the one next to Kinbaro on the far side.