The colors of Japan of the XIX century through the eyes of an American photographer
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/the-colors-of-japan-of-the-xix-century-through-the-eyes-of-an-american-photographer.htmlPhotography appeared in Japan a little later than its invention, when in the 1850s the country opened up to trade and visitors from Western countries. The restoration of the empire and the Meiji period brought many changes, including new technologies and types of production, and the life of the Japanese changed especially rapidly at the end of the XIX century.
The authorship of these hand-painted photographs of Japan in the 1890s is not known for certain. They are kept in the album of the New York Public Library. Here you can find both studio pictures with people posing, and landscapes of incredible beauty.
Sleeping girls in a Japanese bed.
Matsushima, Inland Sea of Japan.
A kind of acrobatic dance.
Shiraito Waterfall near Mount Fuji.
Firefighters.
Akasaka Quarter, Tokyo.
A peasant.
Takaboko Island (Papenberg) in Nagasaki Bay.
Observation deck (bridge) in Otani, Kyoto.
On the way to the market with sheaves of rice.
Lunch by the roadside.
Eating rice.
Crypt, Shiba, Tokyo.
Bamboo grove, Kyoto.
The sacred cart.
View of Fuji from Yoshiwara, Tokaido.
Nunobiki Waterfall in Kobe.
In the kitchen (while cooking dinner).
The Temple of the Bronze Horse in Nagasaki.
Getting water from the well.
Matsushima, Inland Sea of Japan.
Tea field in Uzi, Yamashiro.
Farmers plant rice sprouts.
A young nanny.
Grinding rice.
The suspension bridge near Fuji.
Waterfall, Yumoto.
Theater Street, Yokohama.
Miyajima, Aki.
Kago's stretcher.
Matsushima, Inland Sea of Japan.
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