Old photos of Japan
Authentic vintage photographs, maps and other images of Japan from the 1850s through the 1930s. See Japan as it actually was during the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods.
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Themes
Ainu, At Work, Bridges, Buildings & Structures, Castles, Children, City Views, Customs, Disasters, Education, Exhibitions, Flowers, Government, Hotels & Inns, Industry, Military, New Year, People, Prostitution, Railways, Religious, Rural, Scenic Views, Shops, Sports, Temples & Shrines, Tokaido, Transport, Weddings, Women
Artists
Adolfo Farsari, Akanishi Studio, Asama Futami, Auguste Gordes, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, Charles Edwin Fripp, Charles Wirgman, Eisaku Wada, Felice Beato, Fusetsu Nakamura, Genzo Kanamaru, Georges Bigot, Hanaya Kambei, Haru Shizawa, Hatsusaburo Yoshida, Henry Strohmeyer, Herbert Ponting, Hikoma Ueno, Hiroshi Katsuyama, IJsbrand Rogge, Ikkei Shosai, James E. Taylor, James Ricalton, Julian Cochrane, Junichi Nakahara, Kamigataya Studio, Kazumasa Ogawa, Kigendo, Kimbei Kusakabe, Kitazawa Rakuten, Kobundo Nakamura Studio, Kokkei Shimbun, Kozaburo Tamamura, Kuichi Uchida, Kunisuke Hashimoto, Kuronbo Bokuchitei, Matsuchi Nakajima, Matsunoke Furushima, Matsusaburo Yokoyama, Michael Moser, Nabezo, Nagai Sanseido Studio, Nagashima Banshudo Studio, Naniwaya Studio, Nisseido Publishing Studio, Nobukuni Enami, Okada Seikodo Studio, Other, Reiji Esaki, S. Kinoshita, Saburo Ota, Sada Yamamoto, Sakaeya Studio, Sankobo Studio, Sashichi Ogawa, Seibei Kajima, Seikado Studio, Seiundo Studio, Shima Studio, Shimasuke Hidaka, Shinichi Suzuki, Shinichi Suzuki II, Shueido Studio, Shufu no Tomo, Shuzaburo Usui, Sota Ichida, Suizan Kurokawa, Sumiredo Studio, Taiseido Seko Studio, Taisho Hato Studio, Teijiro Takagi, Tokyo Printing Studio, Tonboya Studio, Toshikata Mizuno, Ueda Studio, Unknown, Utagawa Hiroshige, Utagawa Hiroshige III, Wada Studio, William Kinnimond Burton, Y. Torii Studio, Yamada Shashinkan Studio, Yamaka Shoten Studio, Yamamoto, Yuji Isawa, Yumeji Takehisa
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Boutique photo agency for vintage photographs, art and prints, and maps of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s (Meiji, Taisho, early Showa).
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