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shows photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in more than 200 years. It set in motion a truly astounding transformation. As fate would have it, photography had just been invented. As the old country vanished and a new one was born, daring photographers took photos. Discover what life was like with their rare and precious photographs of old Japan.
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Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World • Tina Skinner, Mary L. Martin
Over 500 beautiful photographs and postcards, mostly of between 1900 and 1940, take you back to Japan’s now-extinct licensed pleasure districts. You will keep opening up this book again and again. A beauty!
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Ainu
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Buildings
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Children
City Views
Customs
Disasters
Hotels
New Year
People
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Railways
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At Work
Bridges
Buildings
Castles
Children
City Views
Customs
Disasters
Hotels
New Year
People
Prostitution
Railways
Religious
Rural
Scenic Views
Shops
Temples & Shrines
Tokaido
Transport
Weddings
Women
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Arashiyama
Arima
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Kobe
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Nikko
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Outside
Shikoku
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Tokaido
Tokyo
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Yokohama
Arima
Beppu
Enoshima
Hakone
Himeji
Hiroshima
Inside
Kinosaki
Kobe
Kyoto
Miyajima
Mount Fuji
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Nagoya
Nara
Nikko
Okayama
Osaka
Outside
Shikoku
Studio
Tokaido
Tokyo
Utsunomiya
Yokohama
Photographers
Collotype Print
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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 |
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OldPhotosJapan.com — a photo blog about old Japan that reads like a book and works like an archive. All the photographs are from the Kjeld Duits Collection and available for licensing at MeijiShowa.com. Use when you need historical photos, maps or illustrations of Japan for your newspaper article, book, documentary, advertising or other project. For questions, contact us.
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