The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travelers.
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# 80129-0019 1890s Broom Vendor Meiji At Work Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70601-0018 1890s Basket and Broom Peddler Meiji At Work People Nobukuni Enami Albumen Print Nobukuni Enami |
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# 70601-0021 1890s Farmer with Loaded Horse Meiji At Work Transport Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70820-0011 1890s Temizu Meiji Customs Women Reiji Esaki Albumen Print Reiji Esaki |
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# 80201-0048 1920s Ainu Playing the Mukkuri Taisho Ainu Customs Unknown Postcard Taisho Hato |
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# 70201-0006 1920s Fire Drill Taisho At Work People Unknown Silver Gelatin Print Unknown |
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# 80201-0049 1920s Ainu Women Using Mortar Taisho Ainu Women S. Kinoshita Postcard Unknown |
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# 80201-0055 1920s Ainu Mother & Child Taisho Ainu Women S. Kinoshita Postcard Utsunomiya |
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# 80717-0015 1900s Ainu Family Meiji Ainu Children Unknown Glass Slide Unknown |
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# 80201-0053 1920s Ainu Carving Wood Taisho Ainu At Work S. Kinoshita Postcard Unknown |
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# 80201-0051 1920s Ainu Woman Carrying Wood Taisho Ainu Women S. Kinoshita Postcard Unknown |
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# 80201-0054 1920s Ainu with Boat Taisho Ainu Rural S. Kinoshita Postcard Unknown |
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# 70221-0018 1930s Pet Bird Shop Showa Customs Shops Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 71009-0006 1900s Ainu Fishermen Meiji Ainu At Work Unknown Glass Slide H.C. White |
@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。