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80115-0030 - Japanese New Year Celebrations

Kobe, 1906
New Year Celebrations 6

Artist	Teijiro Takagi
Publisher	Teijiro Takagi
Medium	Collotype Print
Period	Meiji
Location	Kobe
Image No.	80115-0030
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

A housewife shops for a plant during the preparations for New Year.

This image is part of The New Year in Japan, a book published by Kobe-based photographer Kozaburo Tamamura in 1906. Original text¹:

And now, the household must see about procuring a pot or two of the ‘Prosperous Age Plant,’ to complete the attractions of the interior of their ‘Home Sweet Home,’ and minature [sic] pine trees, and bamboo plum twigs are also used for decorative purposes.

See all New Year images on Old Photos of Japan.

Notes

¹ Tamamura, Kozaburo (1906). The New Year in Japan. Tamamura Shashinkan.

Published January 1, 2009
Updated December 29, 2022 9:33 AM

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 29, 2022). Kobe, 1906: New Year Celebrations 6, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on July 27, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/677/new-year-celebrations-6

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Kobe, 1906New Year Celebrations 6