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Over 500 beautiful photographs and postcards, mostly of between 1900 and 1940, take you back to Japan’s now-extinct licensed pleasure districts. You will keep opening up this book again and again. A beauty!
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Customs
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Women
Arima
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Outside
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Tokyo
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Hanaya Kanbei
Julian Cochrane
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Kimbei Kusakabe
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Nobukuni Enami
Reiji Esaki
Studio Chidori
T.G. Ariga
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Unknown
Unkown
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Customs
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# 80129-0025 Hakone 1890s • Three Women in Bath Meiji • Customs • Women Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown |
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# 70820-0011 1890s • Temizu Meiji • Customs • Women Reiji Esaki • Albumen Print • Reiji Esaki |
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# 80201-0048 1920s • Ainu Playing the Mukkuri Taisho • Ainu • Customs Unknown • Postcard • Taisho Hato |
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# 70221-0018 1930s • Pet Bird Shop Showa • Customs • Shops Unknown • Postcard • Unknown |
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# 70802-0010 Yokohama, 1890s • Dezome-shiki Meiji • Customs • New Year Nobukuni Enami • Albumen Print • Nobukuni Enami |
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# 70518-0030 Tokyo, 1920s • Dezome-shiki Taisho • Customs • New Year Unknown • Postcard • Unknown |
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# 70209-0003 Yokohama, 1900s • Dezome-shiki Meiji • Customs • New Year Unknown • Postcard • Unknown |
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# 80115-0025 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 1 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0026 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 2 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0027 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 3 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0028 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 4 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0029 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 5 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0030 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 6 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0031 Kobe, 1906 • New Year Celebrations 7 Meiji • Customs • New Year Kozaburo Tamamura • Collotype Print • Kozaburo Tamamura |
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