Old Photos of Japan rescues rare images of daily life in old Japan
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Hand colored albumen print by Reiji Esaki of Japanese women transplanting rice seedlings, ca. 1890s

Outside 1890s
Japan's Green Revolution (2)

Japanese charcoal dealer, 1930s

Outside 1930s
How Japan Kept the Fire Burning

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Other Notable Acquisitions

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New Acquisitions

Japanese komori nursemaids on a country road in the early 1900s

Outside 1900s
The Burden of Youth (3)

Children and an elderly man sitting under a trellis of wisteria, 1880s

Outside 1880s
The Burden of Youth (2)

Komori on a country road in the early 1900s

Outside 1900s
The Burden of Youth (1)

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Empire of Color (2)

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Empire of Color (1)

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Smoking the Kiseru

A Japanese bride arrives at the groom’s house in a palanquin during an arranged marriage, 1905

1900s
"The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage"

130213-0004 - Sending Family Members Off to War, WWII Japan

1930s
Off to War

110607-0015 - Japanese Food Vendor, 1870s

1870s
The "Human Horses" of the Rickshaw

160905-0031 - Physical Exercise at School, 1930s

1930s
How Radio Gymnastics Conquered Japan

110609-0018 - Shipping Rice in Japan, 1907 (Meiji 40)

1907
"The Rice in Japan"

160201-0020 - Japanese Goldfish Vendor, 1910s

1910s
Have Fish, Will Travel

130125-0038 - Japanese Women Washing, 1900s

1900s
How do you Wash a Kimono?

161216-0008 - Japanese Firefighters, ca. 1880s

1880s
Japanese Firefighting

100910-0011 - Monkey Trainer, Nobukuni Enami, 1910s

1910s
Monkey Trainer

80129-0019 - Japanese Broom Vendor, 1890s

1890s
Broom Vendor

70601-0018 - Japanese Basket & Broom Vendor, 1890s

1890s
Basket and Broom Peddler

70601-0021 - Japanese Pack Horse Driver, 1890s

1890s
Farmer with Loaded Horse

70820-0011 - Temizu: Japanese women in kimono washing hands

1890s
Temizu

80201-0048 - Ainu woman playing the mukkuri

1920s
Ainu Playing the Mukkuri

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