Japan before war: 14 hand-colored postcards
These pictures were taken during the period preceding the biggest natural disaster in this area — the Great Kanto earthquake (with a magnitude of 7.9 points!), that caused huge damage to local villages.
Thanks to modern technologies we can take a unique glimpse to Tokyo and Yokohama from 1907 to 1922. More pictures are available at New York Public Library’s Digital Collections.
Yokohama, 100 stone steps (1907-1918)
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The Omotemon — the main gate to Tōshō-gū temple
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Osaka, high lantern of Sumiyoshi (1907-1918)
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Tokyo, Hanayashiki of Asakusa
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Nikko, Yomeimon
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Tokyo, the Asakusa Park
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Tokyo, cherry blossom at Mukojima
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Tokyo, Iris garden at Horikiri
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Mihoto and Inukimon, Nikko
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Tokyo, Nihonbashi dori
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Nikko, the pagoda of Toshogu
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Osaka, Toyokuni Shrine Nakanoshima
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Nikko, Sacred bridge
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Yokohama, Theatre street
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