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Kobe, 1900s
Human Conveyor Belt (4)

Nagasaki, 1910s
Human Conveyor Belt (3)

Moji 1890s
Human Conveyor Belt (2)

Nagasaki 1910s
Human Conveyor Belt (1)

Tokyo, 1923
Drowning in a Sea of Fire

Yokohama, 1923
A Story of Survival

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Empire of Color (3)

How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 3: How colorists worked.

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Smoking the Kiseru

Japanese potter and former Living National Treasure Sakaida Kakiemon XIV on smoking the kiseru.

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Studio, 1880s
The Way of the Kiseru

1890s
Selling Insect Musicians

1930s
Off to War

1910s
Headman, Hunter, Fox

1880s
Beauties of the Bath

1930s
How Radio Gymnastics Conquered Japan

Tokyo 1925
The Birth of Radio

Kobe 1871
Motomachi 3-Chōme

1890s
The Secret Powers of the Japanese Doll

1900s
How do you Wash a Kimono?

Kobe 1870s
View on Kobe from Mt. Takatori

1880s
Japanese Firefighting

Tokyo 1930
Secrets of Green Tea

1920s
Saving Battleship Mikasa

Tokyo 1870s
Windmill at Ueno-Hirokoji

1890s
The Fine Art of the Japanese Bow