Tokyo 1900s • Yoshiwara Omon. For other photos of prostitution in old Japan, see Prostitution." />
Felice Beato (1832–1909) lived and worked in Japan from 1863 through 1884, just as the country opened its doors to the world. He was extremely active in Japan, and portrayed the Japanese with dignity and as equals of Westerners. He was the first photographer in Japan to sell albums of his works. Most likely, it was Beato that introduced the later so diligently followed concept of “views” and “types” to photography of Japan.
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Women sit in the window of a Meiji period brothel in Yoshiwara, Tokyo’s well-known red light district. For more in formation about Yoshiwara, read Tokyo 1900s • Yoshiwara Omon. For other photos of prostitution in old Japan, see Prostitution.
The Google map shows where the entrance of Yoshiwara used to be located.
Duits, K. (2008, September 14). Tokyo 1890s Yoshiwara Brothel, Old Photos of Japan. Retrieved on 2021, Apr 16 from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/404/yoshiwara-brothel