OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN, a photo blog of Japan in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods

Old Photos of Japan
shows photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in more than 200 years. It set in motion a truly astounding transformation. As fate would have it, photography had just been invented. As the old country vanished and a new one was born, daring photographers took photos. Discover what life was like with their rare and precious photographs of old Japan.
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Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World • Tina Skinner, Mary L. Martin
Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World

Over 500 beautiful photographs and postcards, mostly of between 1900 and 1940, take you back to Japan’s now-extinct licensed pleasure districts. You will keep opening up this book again and again. A beauty!


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Buildings

Yokohama Station # 70130-0013
Yokohama 1900s • Yokohama Station
Meiji • Buildings • Railways
Unknown • Postcard • Unknown
Hyogo Kencho # 71203-0004
Kobe 1910s • Hyogo Kencho
Meiji • Buildings • City Views
Unknown • Postcard • Sakaeya Shoten
Hanayashiki at Asakusa Park, Tokyo # 70116-0008
Tokyo 1920s • Hanayashiki, Asakusa Park
Taisho, Showa • City Views • Buildings
Unknown • Postcard • Unknown
Sanmon Gate at Chionin, Kyoto # 70621-0011
Kyoto 1890s • San-mon Gate at Chionin
Meiji • Buildings • Temples & Shrines
Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown
Kamo River and Shimogyou-ku, Kyoto # 70126-0010
Kyoto 1926 • Kamo River
Taisho • City Views • Buildings
Unknown • Postcard • Tahaka&Co
Tokyo 1920s: Tokyo Station # 70111-0007
Tokyo 1920s • Tokyo Station
Taisho • Railways • Buildings
Unknown • Postcard • Taisho Hato
Osaka 1880s: Shitennoji Temple # 70319-0005
Osaka 1890s • Shitennoji Temple
Meiji • Temples & Shrines • Buildings
Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe