OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN, a photo blog of Japan in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods

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shows photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in more than 200 years. It set in motion a truly astounding transformation. As fate would have it, photography had just been invented. As the old country vanished and a new one was born, daring photographers took photos. Discover what life was like with their rare and precious photographs of old Japan.

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan • Isabella L. Bird
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

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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Hakone # 80131-0005
Hakone 1920s • View of Hakone
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Unknown • Postcard • Taisho
Yumoto, Nikko # 70606-0005
Nikko 1890s • Yumoto
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Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Cryptomeria Road, Hakone # 70822-0004
Hakone 1880s • Cryptomeria Road
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Kozaburo Tamamura • Albumen Print • Kozaburo Tamamura
Sailing Vessel and View of Fuji from Tagonoura # 70215-0004
Mount Fuji 1920s • Tagonoura, Shizuoka
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Unknown • Postcard • Unknown
Japan, Tokaido Highway about 30 Miles from Yokohama (1930). # 80122-0003
Tokaido 1930 • Car on the Tokaido
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Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department
s.s. Malolo and other Steamers and Liners in Yokohama Harbor, Japan (October 1929). # 80121-0013
Yokohama 1929 • Ships in Port
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Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department
Japan. Hakone Lake, Surrounded by Volcanic Mountains (1932) # 80121-0005
Hakone 1932 • Hakone Lake
Showa •
Unknown • Glass Slide • New York State Education Department
View on Oura and Nagasaki Harbor # 70219-0014
Nagasaki 1870s • Minamiyamate
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Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown
View on Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture # 70219-0028
Kobe 1880s • View from Yamate
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Kozaburo Tamamura • Albumen Print • Kozaburo Tamamura
View on Arima Onsen # 70416-0002
Arima 1890s • Hot Spring Village
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Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown
Negishi, Yokohama # 70319-0006
Yokohama 1880s • Farms at Negishi
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Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Sanmaibashi on the Tokaido # 70319-0008
Hakone 1890s • Rural Road
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Nobukuni Enami • Albumen Print • Nobukuni Enami
Mt. Fuji from Iedzumi Village # 70621-0010
Mount Fuji 1890s • From Izumi, Shizuoka
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Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Panoramic View on Nagasaki # 70820-0001
Nagasaki 1890s • View on City and Bay
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Nobukuni Enami • Albumen Print • Nobukuni Enami
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