Kyoto 1930s
Buddhist Monks
Buddhist monks walk in procession on the grounds of Tofuku-ji, a buddhist temple in Kyoto.
Kyoto 1930s
Arashiyama 1910s
Togetsukyo
Two Japanese women in kimono, protecting themselves from the rain with paper umbrellas, cross the Togetsukyo bridge in Kyoto’s Arashiyama.
Yokohama 1900s
View from Motomachi
The street leading towards Maedabashi (bridge in front center) is Motomachi, home to many attractive shops. Across the bridge is Hommura Road.
Yokohama 1900s
Nogemachi-dori
This simple scene, immortalized by an anonymous photographer on a day in the early 1900s, shows a street that once was Yokohama’s main route of entry, Nogemachi-dori.
1930s
Two Sisters
Two sisters, a hand tinted Showa period photograph of the late 1930s from the famed Hanaya Kanbei Studio in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Osaka 1930s
Naniwabashi Bridge
Naniwabashi bridge in Osaka, Japan. The bridge spans the old Yodogawa river and was completed in 1915 (Taisho 4).