When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country’s more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state.
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# 70420-0024 Kobe 1920s Hyogo-Ku Taisho City Views Unknown Postcard Sakae Shoten |
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# 70420-0027 Kobe 1920s Mercantile Houses Taisho Buildings City Views Unknown Postcard Taisho Hato |
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# 70523-0002 Kobe 1880s Houses at Bund Meiji City Views Transport Unknown Albumen Print 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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# 70621-0002 Tokyo 1890s Yoshiwara Brothels Meiji City Views Prostitution Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70621-0013 Tokyo 1900s Yoshiwara Omon Meiji City Views Prostitution Unknown Postcard Tomboya |
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# 70808-0001 Nagasaki 1910s Maruyama Brothels Meiji City Views Prostitution Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70808-0015 Osaka 1930s Digging Midosuji Subway Showa City Views Transport Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70820-0007 Nagasaki 1890s Maruyama Brothels Meiji City Views Prostitution Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70820-0001 Nagasaki 1890s View on City and Bay Meiji City Views Scenic Views Nobukuni Enami Albumen Print Nobukuni Enami |
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# 70820-0006 Nagasaki 1880s Foreign Settlement Meiji City Views Hotels Nobukuni Enami Albumen Print Nobukuni Enami |
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# 71205-0005 Osaka 1880s View on Tennoji Meiji City Views Scenic Views Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80115-0009 Kyoto 1890s Kamogawa Meiji City Views 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。