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Japanese farm women harvesting silk cocoons, 1920s

Inside 1920s
"The Silk Industry of Japan" (2)

Japanese farm women selecting matured silkworms, 1920s

Inside 1920s
"The Silk Industry of Japan" (1)

Glass slide by Nobukuni Enami of Japanese silk cocoon traders weighing cocoons, ca. 1900s

Inside 1900s
The Quiet Power of Japanese Silk

Hand colored albumen print by Reiji Esaki of Japanese women transplanting rice seedlings, ca. 1890s

Outside 1890s
Japan's Green Revolution (2)

Jūnisō Pond in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1905

Tokyo 1905/1906
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (5)

Painting by Robert William Arthur Rouse of a teahouse at Jūnisō Pond around the 1890s

Tokyo 1890s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (4)

Lithograph of teahouses at Jūnisō Pond near Edo (Tokyo), 1860

Tokyo 1860
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (3)

Cherry blossom along the Tamagawa Jōsui in Koganei, ca. 1890s

Tokyo 1890s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (2)

Boats at the Jūnisō pond in Shinjuku, Tokyo, 1910s.

Tokyo 1910s
Shinjuku’s Lost Paradise (1)

Albumen print by Kimbei Kusakabe of the Nakasendo Highway, 1880s

Nagano 1880s
Nakasendō Highway

80201-0054 - Ainu man with boat on the beach, 1920s

1920s
Ainu with Boat

70606-0005 - Yumoto Spa, Nikko, 1890s

Nikko 1890s
Yumoto

80122-0014 - Rural Houses near Nara, Japan , 1934

Nara 1934
Rural Houses

80121-0020 - Fishing Boats at Miyajima, Japan, 1930

Miyajima 1930
Fishing Boats

80121-0009 - Women and children in front of a Japanese grist mill, 1920s

1920s
Grist Mill

70319-0006 - Negishi, Yokohama

Yokohama 1880s
Farms at Negishi

70621-0010 - Mt. Fuji from Izumi Village

Mount Fuji 1890s
From Izumi, Shizuoka

71205-0009 - Japanese farmers clearing rice, 1890s

1890s
Threshing Rice

70115-0005 - Kinosaki Onsen hot spring, 1920s

Kinosaki 1920s
Kinosaki

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