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1930s Japan Travel Poster - 01

1930s Japan Travel Poster - 01

Seiei: A Design Book 精英

Seiei: A Design Book 精英

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

Precepts for Women (Ehon Onna imagawa) 絵本女今川

Precepts for Women (Ehon Onna imagawa) 絵本女今川

David Gelb: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

David Gelb: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques

Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques

Tokyo Underground Railway Poster

Tokyo Underground Railway Poster

Poster of Kirin Beer by Hokuu Tada, 1927

Poster of Kirin Beer by Hokuu Tada, 1927

Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan

Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan

Opinion: Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki is retiring – what are we going to do?

Opinion: Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki is retiring – what are we going to do?

The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami

The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Stefan Dotter documents the Ama, the “sea women” of Japan

Stefan Dotter documents the Ama, the “sea women” of Japan

Photographer Dolly Faibyshev takes us into the ring with sumo wrestling champions

Photographer Dolly Faibyshev takes us into the ring with sumo wrestling champions

A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility

A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility

Shirasuka, Shio-mi Zaka

Shirasuka, Shio-mi Zaka

Title: 東京各方面全図 (Tokyo Kakuhōmen Zenzu) Complete Map of Various Areas of Tokyo (with red title) 東京名所案内 (Tōkyō Meisho Annai) (Guide to Famous Places in Tokyo)

Title: 東京各方面全図 (Tokyo Kakuhōmen Zenzu) Complete Map of Various Areas of Tokyo (with red title) 東京名所案内 (Tōkyō Meisho Annai) (Guide to Famous Places in Tokyo)

Spring Scenery; Melody of a Musical Performance

Spring Scenery; Melody of a Musical Performance

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Distant View of Miho Beach from Ejiri

Distant View of Miho Beach from Ejiri

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Irises

Case (Inrō) with Design of Winding River, Birds in Flight, Trees and Clouds

Case (Inrō) with Design of Winding River, Birds in Flight, Trees and Clouds

Photography: Osamu Yokonami's creepy pictures of lost schoolgirls are amazing!

Photography: Osamu Yokonami's creepy pictures of lost schoolgirls are amazing!

Sean Lotman’s serenely psychedelic photographs of Japan

Sean Lotman’s serenely psychedelic photographs of Japan

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Court Lady Looking at a Blooming Cherry-Tree

Court Lady Looking at a Blooming Cherry-Tree

Kambura Station

Kambura Station

Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

Home of Foreign Merchants in Yokohama

Home of Foreign Merchants in Yokohama

Piece [67671]

Kabuki Actor

Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province of Musashi

Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province of Musashi

Takanawa Ni-ju-roku Ya

Takanawa Ni-ju-roku Ya

Four Women Passing a Group of Trees

Four Women Passing a Group of Trees

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719)

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

The Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Isogai Tōsuke, from the series Lives of Men who Carried Out Revenge for Loyalty or Filial Piety

The Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Isogai Tōsuke, from the series Lives of Men who Carried Out Revenge for Loyalty or Filial Piety

Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Evening Bell at Miidera Temple, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

Evening Bell at Miidera Temple, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

City plan of Tokyo

City plan of Tokyo

“Flame-Style” Deep Pot (Kaen doki)

“Flame-Style” Deep Pot (Kaen doki)

Landschap met landbouw in Japan

Landschap met landbouw in Japan

Moonlight View of Suihiro Bridge, Tempozan

Moonlight View of Suihiro Bridge, Tempozan

Advertisement: Map of Tokyo : Go to the high spots on Tokyo's fabulous subway system

Advertisement: Map of Tokyo : Go to the high spots on Tokyo's fabulous subway system

“A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji

“A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji

Cock and dog

The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko

The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko

Kabuki Actors Arashi Ryūzō II and Segawa Kikunojō III

Kabuki Actors Arashi Ryūzō II and Segawa Kikunojō III

South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Daikoku Dōagé

Kameyama

Two Chinese Men

Two Chinese Men

Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Prayer for Rain Answered at Ryōzengasaki in Kamakura

Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Prayer for Rain Answered at Ryōzengasaki in Kamakura

Ebisu and Daikoku; Two of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Ebisu and Daikoku; Two of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Arrival of the Emperor at Tokyo after the Victory (Russo-Japanese War)

Arrival of the Emperor at Tokyo after the Victory (Russo-Japanese War)

Nobleman and Warrior

Nobleman and Warrior

Map of Tokyo, featuring subway system

Map of Tokyo, featuring subway system

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

Masaki Komoto

Provoke magazine presents rare and haunting photographs of 1960s Japan

Provoke magazine presents rare and haunting photographs of 1960s Japan

Photography: Superbly talented Go Itami beckons us into his own deliciously beautiful Japan

Photography: Superbly talented Go Itami beckons us into his own deliciously beautiful Japan

第38話　日本農業の明日 - 矢口高雄

第38話　日本農業の明日 - 矢口高雄

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Diamond Is Unbreakable logo - updated

Tokyo-based photographer Yota Yoshida’s “poetic expressions in the everyday”

Tokyo-based photographer Yota Yoshida’s “poetic expressions in the everyday”

Ikushima Shingoro as a Bushi (Samurai) and Ogino Yaegiri as a Woman with A girl Attendant

Ikushima Shingoro as a Bushi (Samurai) and Ogino Yaegiri as a Woman with A girl Attendant

Oiso, Odawara, Hakone, Mishima, Numazu

Oiso, Odawara, Hakone, Mishima, Numazu

Black and White Print of Butterfly and Flower (a Pink)

Black and White Print of Butterfly and Flower (a Pink)

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza

Girl Accompanied by an Elder Attendant Walking by a Stream

Girl Accompanied by an Elder Attendant Walking by a Stream

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Richard Arkwright, (1732–1792)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Richard Arkwright, (1732–1792)

Roberto Badin’s latest series shows the vivid beauty and “underlying loneliness”of Japan

Roberto Badin’s latest series shows the vivid beauty and “underlying loneliness”of Japan

The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)

The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)

Kyōgen Costume: Jacket (Suō) with Design of Lotuses

Kyōgen Costume: Jacket (Suō) with Design of Lotuses

First Day of Autumn (Risshu)

First Day of Autumn (Risshu)

Golden Pheasant in the Snow

Golden Pheasant in the Snow

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan uriba no zu)

Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan uriba no zu)

Returning Sails at Nōgei [American couple riding over the Nōgei Bridge]

Returning Sails at Nōgei [American couple riding over the Nōgei Bridge]

The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

Kimono with Pines and Mist

Kimono with Pines and Mist

How changing tattoo culture reflects a quiet shift in Japan

How changing tattoo culture reflects a quiet shift in Japan

Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka

Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka

Explore Japan's dancehall scene in captivating new Bose film

Explore Japan's dancehall scene in captivating new Bose film

Lena Manger and Patryk Kulig balance timeless elegance with accessibility and precision

Lena Manger and Patryk Kulig balance timeless elegance with accessibility and precision

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo