Tokyo 1910s
Hattori Building, Ginza
Two streetcars pass by the Hattori Building in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza. Carts are parked under the verdant trees.
Tokyo 1910s
1890s
Woman in Kimono
A woman in kimono with traditional Japanese hairstyle poses in a studio.
1910s
Woman with Handkerchief
A young Japanese woman in kimono and traditional hairstyle is holding a handkerchief to her chin.
1890s
Woman in the Rain
In this dramatized studio scene, a Japanese woman in kimono ostensibly walks in the rain holding on to her paper umbrella as the wind blows up the hem of her kimono.
Kyoto 1930s
Buddhist Monks
Buddhist monks walk in procession on the grounds of Tofuku-ji, a buddhist temple in Kyoto.
Arashiyama 1910s
Togetsukyo
Two Japanese women in kimono, protecting themselves from the rain with paper umbrellas, cross the Togetsukyo bridge in Kyoto’s Arashiyama.