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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# 70302-0003 Okayama 1935 Practicing Table Tennis Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0005 Okayama 1935 Practicing Kyudo Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0006 Okayama 1935 Practicing Naginata Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0007 Okayama 1935 Practicing Naginata Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0008 Okayama 1935 School Girls Reading Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0011 Okayama 1935 Girls in a Classroom Showa Customs Women Yusa Studio Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70302-0010 Okayama 1935 School Girls Eating Bento Showa Customs Women Unknown Silver Gelatin Print Yusa Studio |
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# 70512-0015 1890s Making Tatami Meiji At Work Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70606-0008 1890s Two Half-Nude Women Meiji Customs Women Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70606-0009 1900s Theater Performance Meiji At Work Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70613-0003 1890s Women Practicing Ikebana Meiji Customs Women Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70613-0007 1890s Having a Party Meiji Customs People Kimbei Kusakabe Albumen Print J B Millet Company |
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# 70614-0004 1890s Woman Writing with Brush Meiji Customs Women Kimbei Kusakabe Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70614-0011 1890s Japanese Footwear Meiji Customs Unknown Albumen Print 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。