Old Photos of Japan rescues rare images of daily life in old Japan
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1910s
Woman with Rose

A young woman in kimono and traditional Japanese hairstyle looks at a white rose she holds.

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1890s
Fish Shop

Two young men are relaxing in a fish shop. Fish has always been an important part of the Japanese diet and was sold both at shops and by fish peddlers (furiuri) who walked around carrying fish in tubs that hung from a carrying pole on their shoulder.

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Tokyo 1890s
Shinbashi Bridge, Ginza

A view on the Shinbashi (also Shimbashi) bridge and Ginza avenue in Tokyo sometime between 1889 (Meiji 22) and 1899 (Meiji 32).

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Kyoto 1890s
San-mon Gate at Chionin

View on the San-mon main gate and a stone bridge at Chionin buddhist temple in the Higashiyama district in Kyoto, Japan.

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1880s
Vegetable Vendor

Studio portrait of a Japanese vegetable vendor.

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1890s
Hairdresser

A woman dressed in a kimono and facing a mirror has her hair done by a hairdresser.