In this elegant volume, visual anthropologist David Odo examines the Peabody’s collection of Japanese photographs and the ways in which such objects were produced, acquired, and circulated in the nineteenth century.
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# 70219-0003 Osaka, 1905 Yodoyabashi Bridge Meiji Bridges Buildings Unknown Postcard Ueda |
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# 71203-0013 Osaka 1920s Shinsaibashi Bridge Taisho Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80220-0006 Osaka 1910s Shinsaibashi Bridge Taisho Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80626-0003 Osaka 1870s The Octopus Pine Meiji City Views Bridges Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70822-0003 Tokyo 1890s Nijubashi, Imperial Palace Meiji At Work Bridges Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 71129-0011 Osaka 1910s Koraibashi Meiji Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70523-0011 Kyoto 1890s Shijo Ohashi Meiji Bridges City Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70523-0014 Osaka 1880s Naniwa Bridge Meiji Bridges City Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 71205-0016 Arashiyama 1890s Floating Logs Meiji Bridges Scenic Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80115-0011 Yokohama 1873 Bentenbashi and Station Meiji Bridges City Views Kuichi Uchida Albumen Print Kuichi Uchida |
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# 80131-0001 Arashiyama 1910s Togetsukyo Meiji Bridges Scenic Views Teijiro Takagi Glass Slide B & F Bible Society |
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# 70122-0015 Osaka 1930s Naniwa Bridge Showa Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70116-0007 Osaka 1930s Nakanoshima Park Showa Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Taisho Hato |
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# 71205-0017 Arashiyama 1880s Togetsukyo Bridge Meiji Bridges Scenic Views Kozaburo Tamamura Albumen Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
@Kim The white building is the Ishihara Tokeiten (石原時計店). This was a well-known retailer of watches …
What is the tall building?
@Jim Clinefelter Thanks, Jim. I love it when photographers leave their name card like that! Yamamoto’s studio …
The clue to who took this image is the kanji on the man’s haori, 寫山茂堂 …
高橋様 明治5年(1872年)、明治天皇の西国御巡幸の際、宮内省御用掛の写真師第一号として随行し、内田九一は長崎を訪れたので、日付を1872年に変更しました。