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Japanese charcoal dealer, 1930s

Outside 1930s
How Japan Kept the Fire Burning

Two Western men are drinking Japanese tea while sitting close to hibachi, 1890s

Inside 1896
Forgotten Shapes of Warmth

Two Japanese women sitting next to a hibachi brazier, 1890s

Studio 1890s
Japan's Mistresses of Fire

A Japanese woman plays the shamisen while seated next to a hibachi

Inside 1910s
Japan's Vanished Portable Fireplaces

Advertising postcard for the Great Exhibition of Rapid Japanese Progress in Gifu in 1936

Gifu 1936
The Art of the Japanese New Year Card

Illustrations of a Japanese irori (firepit) by American scholar Edward S. Morse, 1885

Inside 1880s
Rediscovering Japan's Irori

A Japanese farmer’s family around the irori

Inside 1900s
Staying Warm in (C)Old Japan

A Japanese woman prepares tea during a tea ceremony

Kobe 1907
"The 'Ceremonial Tea' Observance in Japan"

Studio photo of a Japanese nursemaid and her charge, 1890s

Studio 1890s
The Burden of Youth (4)

Japanese komori nursemaids on a country road in the early 1900s

Outside 1900s
The Burden of Youth (3)

Children and an elderly man sitting under a trellis of wisteria, 1880s

Outside 1880s
The Burden of Youth (2)

Komori on a country road in the early 1900s

Outside 1900s
The Burden of Youth (1)

Japanese Farmer with pipe, wearing a straw raincoat and conical hat

Studio 1880s
The Way of the Kiseru

80115-0043 - Japanese New Year Celebrations

Kobe 1906
"The New Year in Japan"

170605-0032 - Maiko with Insect Vendor, 1890s

1890s
Selling Insect Musicians

A Japanese bride arrives at the groom’s house in a palanquin during an arranged marriage, 1905

1900s
"The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage"

130213-0004 - Sending Family Members Off to War, WWII Japan

1930s
Off to War

70518-0018 - Two Japanese Women Playing the Tōhachiken Game

1910s
Headman, Hunter, Fox

160201-0042 - Geta Shop, 1920s

1920s
Geta and Zori Shop

80901-0009 - Bathing Japanese Women, 1880s

1880s
Beauties of the Bath

160905-0031 - Physical Exercise at School, 1930s

1930s
How Radio Gymnastics Conquered Japan

110613-0043 - Japanese Maiko Greeting, 1890s

1890s
14 Rules for Women

160201-0020 - Japanese Goldfish Vendor, 1910s

1910s
Have Fish, Will Travel

130125-0038 - Japanese Women Washing, 1900s

1900s
How do you Wash a Kimono?

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