Some 90 old photographs of Japan by celebrated photographers like Felice Beato, Adolpho Farsari, Hikoma Ueno, Kimbei Kusakabe, Kihei Tamamura and Kazumasa Ogawa. A true treasure.
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# 70802-0010 Yokohama, 1890s Dezome-shiki Meiji Customs New Year Nobukuni Enami Albumen Print Nobukuni Enami |
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# 70518-0030 Tokyo, 1920s Dezome-shiki Taisho Customs New Year Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70209-0003 Yokohama, 1900s Dezome-shiki Meiji Customs New Year Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 80115-0025 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 1 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0026 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 2 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0027 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 3 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0028 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 4 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0029 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 5 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0030 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 6 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0031 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 7 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0032 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 8 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0033 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 9 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0034 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 10 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0035 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 11 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype 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。