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Felice Beato

Albumen print by Felice Beato of the Bund in Kobe after the typhoon of July 1871

Kobe 1871
Battling Japan's Typhoons

Photo by Felice Beato of the Tokaido ferry across the Rokugogawa River at Kawasaki, 1870s

Kawasaki 1870s
Crossing Japan's 'Raging Rivers'

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Dejima in 1865

Nagasaki 1865
Dejima Island

Albumen print by Felice Beato of the burned down American Legation at Zenpukuji, Tokyo, 1863

1863 Tokyo
Ruins of the American Legation

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