Japan’s indigenous people, the Ainu, inhabited Hokkaido, the Kurile Islands, southern Sakhalin Island, and a portion of northern Honshu. They had a unique culture and language, completely separate from that of the Japanese. By the middle of the 19th century, the destruction of this ancient culture was set in motion by Japan’s national government.
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# 80717-0021 Tokyo, 1880s Ginza and Kyobashi Meiji City Views Nobukuni Enami Glass Slide Nobukuni Enami |
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# 80421-0005 Tokyo 1872 Anjincho in Nihonbashi Meiji City Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70416-0006 Tokyo 1880s Sakashita-mon Meiji City Views Castles Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80626-0005 Tokyo 1880s Ginza Streetcar Meiji City Views Transport Kimbei Kusakabe Albumen Print Kimbei Kusakabe |
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# 70604-0017 Tokyo 1880s Shintomiza Theater Meiji Buildings City Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 71203-0013 Osaka 1920s Shinsaibashi Bridge Taisho Bridges City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80122-0013 Kobe 1930 The Bund Showa City Views Unknown Glass Slide New York State Education Department |
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# 80421-0009 Osaka 1870s-1880s View from Enokojima Meiji Buildings City Views Unknown Albumen Print 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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# 70216-0058 Osaka 1920s Osaka City Hall Taisho Buildings City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80201-0012 Osaka 1909 Shijimi River after the Fire Meiji City Views Disasters Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 71129-0023 Osaka 1909 Great Kita Fire Meiji Disasters City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70216-0013 Osaka 1920s Kitahama, Nakanoshima Taisho City Views Unknown Postcard Unknown |
@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。