Photo appeared in Japan a little later of its invention, when in the 1850s, the country was opened to trade and visitors from Western countries. The restoration of the Empire and the Meiji period brought about many changes, including new technologies and types of production, and especially the rapidly changing life of the Japanese in the late nineteenth century.
The authorship of these hand-painted photos of Japan 1890-ies is not known. They are stored in the album of the new York public library. There are Studio shots with posing people and incredible beauty of the scenery.
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The sleeping girls in Japanese bed.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Matsushima, Inland sea of Japan.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
The appearance of acrobatic dance.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Shiraito falls near mount Fuji.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Fire.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Quarter Akasaka, Tokyo.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Farmer.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Island Takaoka (Papenberg) in Nagasaki Bay.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Lookout (bridge) in Otani, Kyoto.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
On the way to the market with sheaves of rice.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Lunch at the curb.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
The eating of rice.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
The Crypt, Shiba, Tokyo.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Bamboo grove, Kyoto.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
The sacred carriage.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Fuji from Nivari, Tokaido.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Nunobiki falls in Kobe.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
In the kitchen (while cooking dinner).
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Temple of the bronze horse in Nagasaki.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Pulling water from a well.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Matsushima, Inland sea of Japan.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Tea field in Uzi, Yamashiro.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Farmers planting rice sprouts.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Young babysitter.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Vykolachivanii rice.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Suspension bridge near Fuji.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Waterfall Yumoto.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Theatre street, Yokohama.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Miyajima, Aki.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer
Stretcher Kago.
Colors of Japan XIX century through the eyes of American photographer