Old Photos of Japan rescues rare images of daily life in old Japan
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Kimbei Kusakabe

Two Japanese women sitting next to a hibachi brazier, 1890s

Studio 1890s
Japan's Mistresses of Fire

Albumen print by Kimbei Kusakabe of the Nakasendo Highway, 1880s

Nagano 1880s
Nakasendō Highway

Albumen print of the Kawaibashi Bridge on the Tokaido, ca. 1880s

Shizuoka 1880s
Bridge on the Tōkaidō

Spotlight
Empire of Color (1)

Spotlight
15 Years 'Old Photos of Japan'

120207-0193-PP - Albumen Print of a Japanese Letter Carrier, 1890s

1890s
Running the Mail

140302-0049 - Confectionery Shop, 1890s

1890s
Japanese Sweets Shop

110613-0058 - Kameido Tenjin, 1890s

Tokyo 1890s
Wisteria at Kameido Tenjin

80626-0005 - Ginza Streetcar

Tokyo 1880s
Ginza Streetcar

70531-0028 - Young Japanese Family on the Road, 1890s

1890s
Young Family

70606-0005 - Yumoto Spa, Nikko, 1890s

Nikkō 1890s
Yumoto

70606-0003 - Nectarine (No 9) Brothel, Yokohama

Yokohama 1890s
Nectarine No. 9 Brothel

71005-0007 - Isezakicho, Theater Street, Yokohama

Yokohama 1890s
Isezaki-cho 2-chome

70219-0019 - Bentendori, Yokohama, 1890s

Yokohama 1890s
Bentendori

Albumen print by Adolfo Farsari of a Japanese Shinto priest, 1880s

1880s
Shinto Priest

70319-0006 - Negishi, Yokohama

Yokohama 1880s
Farms at Negishi

70319-0004 - Panoramic View on Kyoto, 1880s

Kyoto 1880s
View from Higashiyama

Naniwa Bridge, Osaka, 1880s

Osaka 1880s
Naniwabashi Bridge

70613-0007 - Japanese Men Having a Party, 1890s

1890s
Having a Party

70614-0004 - Japanese Woman in Kimono Writing a Letter, 1890s

1890s
Woman Writing with Brush

70621-0010 - Mt. Fuji from Izumi Village

Mount Fuji 1890s
From Izumi, Shizuoka

70614-0007 - Japanese Funeral in Meiji Period, 1890s

1890s
Meiji Funeral

80129-0024 - Two Japanese Women Taking a Bath, 1890s

Hakone 1880s
Two Women in Bathroom

70416-0003 - Ebisubashi Bridge, Osaka, 1890s

Osaka 1890s
Ebisubashi Bridge

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