1890s Daily Life Of Japan In Hand Painted Pictures

Japan is known as the modernizing Meiji emperor. That period of life in countries from Japan was photographed. 1890 showing colored photographs on display today at the New York Public Library.

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for the first time after a period of two centuries of isolationism opened state border to the western traders and travelers. 

The identity of the photographer behind these painted images, made in Japan in the 1890s, is unknown. Photos taken from the album, which is stored in the New York Public Library. Among them are staged photographs, scenes of family life and the magnificent natural scenery of the island nation.

Takaboko Island in the Bay of Nagasaki

Otani Bridge in Kyoto

Transportation of bales of rice on the market

Crypt, Shiba, Tokyo

A view of Mount Fuji from Yoshiwara (Tokaido)

Waterfall Nunobiki in Kobe

Miyajima

Matsushima, an inland sea

Sleeping girl in a Japanese bed

Matsushima, an inland sea

Dance

 Shiraito falls near Mount Fuji

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