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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Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World • Tina Skinner, Mary L. Martin
Geisha: Women of Japan's Flower & Willow World

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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Yumoto, Nikko # 70606-0005
Nikko 1890s • Yumoto
Meiji • •
Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Cryptomeria Road, Hakone # 70822-0004
Hakone 1880s • Cryptomeria Road
Meiji •
Kozaburo Tamamura • Albumen Print • Kozaburo Tamamura
Sailing Vessel and View of Fuji from Tagonoura # 70215-0004
Mount Fuji 1920s • Tagonoura, Shizuoka
Taisho • •
Unknown • Postcard • Unknown
Japan, Tokaido Highway about 30 Miles from Yokohama (1930). # 80122-0003
Tokaido 1930 • Car on the Tokaido
Showa • •
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
Showa • •
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
Meiji • •
Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown
View on Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture # 70219-0028
Kobe 1880s • View from Yamate
Meiji • •
Kozaburo Tamamura • Albumen Print • Kozaburo Tamamura
View on Arima Onsen # 70416-0002
Arima 1890s • Hot Spring Village
Meiji • •
Unknown • Albumen Print • Unknown
Negishi, Yokohama # 70319-0006
Yokohama 1880s • Farms at Negishi
Meiji • •
Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Sanmaibashi on the Tokaido # 70319-0008
Hakone 1890s • Rural Road
Meiji • •
Nobukuni Enami • Albumen Print • Nobukuni Enami
Mt. Fuji from Iedzumi Village # 70621-0010
Mount Fuji 1890s • From Izumi, Shizuoka
Meiji • •
Kimbei Kusakabe • Albumen Print • Kimbei Kusakabe
Panoramic View on Nagasaki # 70820-0001
Nagasaki 1890s • View on City and Bay
Meiji • •
Nobukuni Enami • Albumen Print • Nobukuni Enami
View on Enoshima Island # 70820-0005
Enoshima 1890s • View from Katase
Meiji •
Kozaburo Tamamura • Albumen Print • Kozaburo Tamamura