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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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An Ainu chief in traditional clothing. For more information about Ainu, click on Ainu under Themes.
Duits, K. (2009, February 13). 1900s Ainu Chief, Old Photos of Japan. Retrieved on 2021, Feb 27 from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/654/ainu-chief