This rich and powerful biography is now given fresh relevance with a new introduction by the author that explores how Hirohito’s legacy persists in Japan to this day, and how US foreign policy in the region in the last ten years is informed by its troubled past with Japan and with Hirohito as a ruler specifically.
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# 70621-0008 1890s Woman in Room Meiji Customs Women Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70820-0003 Kyoto 1890s Geisha on Summer Platform Meiji Customs Women Yuji Isawa Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 71205-0010 1890s Welcoming a Guest Meiji At Work Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70614-0007 1890s Meiji Funeral Meiji Customs Religious Kimbei Kusakabe Albumen Print J B Millet Company |
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# 80129-0024 Hakone 1880s Two Women in Bathroom Meiji Customs Women Kimbei Kusakabe Albumen Print Kimbei Kusakabe |
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# 70111-0006 Beppu 1926 Hot Sand Bath Showa Customs Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80129-0023 1890s Women in Travel Wear Meiji Women Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80129-0020 1890s Women at Kotatsu Meiji Women Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80129-0031 1890s Okosozukin and Furoshiki Meiji Women Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80129-0046 1890s Putting on a Kimono Meiji Women 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。