In 1878, just 19 years after Japan opened it first ports to the world, and a mere ten years after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, an adventurous 47-year old woman from the UK set out to explore the interior of Japan. The country was virtually unknown to Westerners, and a woman traveling only with a guide seemed outrageous. Everybody advised her not to, but she went anyway and wrote this unique and vivid journal of what she saw and experienced.
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# 71204-0002 Tokyo 1890s Koamicho, Nihonbashi Meiji City Views Transport Kazumasa Ogawa Collotype Print Kazumasa Ogawa |
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# 71204-0006 Tokyo 1890s Streetcar in Ueno Meiji City Views Transport Kazumasa Ogawa Collotype Print Kazumasa Ogawa |
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# 71204-0003 Tokyo 1890s Geisha Houses, Shinbashi Meiji City Views Kazumasa Ogawa Collotype Print Kazumasa Ogawa |
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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 |
@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。
高橋様 「OLD PHOTOS OF JAPAN」のドゥイツです。ご案内誠にありがとうございます。 高橋様の情報を追加致しました。
この長崎の写真は明治6年に内田九一が撮影したものです。国際日本文化研究センター所蔵の内田写真館のアルバムYA033に他の九一の写真といっしょに入っています。