In this elegant volume, visual anthropologist David Odo examines the Peabody’s collection of Japanese photographs and the ways in which such objects were produced, acquired, and circulated in the nineteenth century.
MeijiShowa
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# 70209-0017 1920s School Children doing Exercises Taisho Children Customs Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70330-0001 1910s Girl with Baby Meiji Children Women Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70606-0004 1890s Kago Bearers Taking a Break Meiji At Work Transport Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 80122-0008 1930 Washing Clothes Showa At Work People Unknown Glass Slide New York State Education Department |
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# 80121-0009 1920s Grist Mill Taisho People Rural Unknown Glass Slide New York State Education Department |
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# 80121-0001 1924 Entrance of a House Taisho Buildings Women Unknown Glass Slide New York State Education Department |
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# 70208-0013 1880s Pilgrims Meiji People Religious Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70221-0001 1910s Children Carrying Children Meiji Children Customs Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70221-0003 1910s Drinking Tea Meiji Customs People Unknown Postcard Unknown |
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# 70512-0011 1890s Kakubeijishi Meiji At Work People Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70512-0015 1890s Making Tatami Meiji At Work Customs Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 70523-0008 1890s Oxcart with Rice Bags Meiji At Work Transport Unknown Albumen Print Unknown |
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# 71205-0009 1890s Threshing Rice Meiji At Work Rural Kozaburo Tamamura Albumen Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0010 1890s Flower Peddler Meiji At Work People 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。