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Japanese Old Photographs

hama7 — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:34:11 -0800

Japanese Old Photographs from the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period (1860-1899).

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:07:29 -0800

This is beautiful stuff, hama. By clicking the map option you can take a tour of vintage Japan through the photos. You post some absolutely great links. And I bet your life is much more stressful now that you're staying out of the political threads ;-)

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:08:10 -0800

Corrction: Much LESS stressful, heh.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:14:41 -0800

Amazing stuff. I want prints!

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:41:21 -0800

I hadn't seen these ones before. Thanks H7. I recently took a picture of the same guard tower at Nijo Castle as one in the collection. Then and now. There are lots of old bookstores in Kyoto where I pick up old books of photos and sheaves of old postcards. A used bookstore in Japan is just like one elsewhere. The shelves are long since full and the rest of the books are piled in massive towers with just enough space to squeeze through.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:04:28 -0800

Nice, thanks.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:16:29 -0800

I like the landscape images, but even moreso the full-regalia portraits. Great as always, Hama. (Anyone else notice we haven't seen the likes of adamgreenfield since the peculiar "asian-fetish" post?)

By: Dantien

Dantien — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:36:10 -0800

Clicking up in the northern Tohoku region, you get alot of Matsushima pictures. Beautiful, but I've spend a bit of time there and the pictures dont do it justice. There is a reason it's considered one of the 3 most beautiful places in Japan. Thanks Hama7 for the trip down memory lane.

By: fold_and_mutilate

fold_and_mutilate — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:40:05 -0800

Nice posts, as always, hama7. What a dreamlike quality to these photos. dhoyt: (Anyone else notice we haven't seen the likes of adamgreenfield since the peculiar "asian-fetish" post?) No, I doubt anyone noticed or cared until you brought his name up in a thread in which he wasn't even participating....but then again, you seem strangely fixated on him....and this isn't the first time you've bravely talked about someone behind their back, right? Frankly, your gutless adamgreenfield fetish flat out gives us the creeps.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:58:11 -0800

Really good. Thanks hama7.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:04:33 -0800

Mark Edward Harris, The Way of the Japanese Bath also here and here and here

By: gen

gen — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:54:48 -0800

Onsen baths in Japan are such a wonderful culture. The only problem is that the same forces that bring us heated water are often associated with earthquakes as welll... so it's a double-edged sword. Please wash well before soaking.