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In 1878, just 19 years after Japan opened it first ports to the world, and a mere ten years after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, an adventurous 47-year old woman from the UK set out to explore the interior of Japan. The country was virtually unknown to Westerners, and a woman traveling only with a guide seemed outrageous. Everybody advised her not to, but she went anyway and wrote this unique and vivid journal of what she saw and experienced.
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# 70602-0009 Tokyo 1880s • Asakusa Theaters Meiji • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown |
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# 70330-0034 Yokohama 1890s • Grand Hotel Meiji • Buildings • Hotels Unknown • Albumen Print • |
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# 70314-0030 Yokohama 1900s • Samurai Shokai Meiji • Buildings • Shops Unknown • Postcard • Ueda |
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# 70301-0020 Kobe 1910s • Kobe City Hall Taisho • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Postcard • Kobe City Hall |
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# 70219-0003 Osaka, 1905 • Yodoyabashi Bridge Meiji • Bridges • Buildings Unknown • Postcard • Ueda |
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# 70206-0038 Osaka 1930s • Central Wholesale Market Showa • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Postcard • Unknown |
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# 80122-0015 Kyoto 1934 • Furniture Store Showa • Buildings • Shops Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department |
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# 70604-0017 Tokyo 1880s • Shintomiza Theater Meiji • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown |
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# 80421-0009 Osaka 1870s-1880s • View from Enokojima Meiji • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown |
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# 80717-0016 Osaka 1900s • Osaka Station Meiji • Buildings • Railways Unknown • Glass Slide • Unknown |
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# 70216-0058 Osaka 1920s • Osaka City Hall Taisho • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Postcard • Unknown |
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# 80122-0012 Kyoto 1934 • City Hall Showa • Buildings • City Views Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department |
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# 70606-0003 Yokohama 1890s • Nectarine No. 9 Brothel Meiji • Buildings • Prostitution Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe |
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# 80122-0014 Nara 1934 • Rural Houses Showa • Buildings • Rural Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department |
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