Old photographs of Japan web site

[monkeyboy]

I'm sure some of you may already know of this web site.

Posting the link because I thought members like Elfstalker and others who collect kimono and other clothing might find it helpful.

I thought it was amazing to see the photos, and have spent hours looking at them and reading about the people and places in the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period.

If you want please check it out:

http://hikoma.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/

Click the "photographers" link and onto their names to see lots of beautiful images.



enjoy!

[hobbywhelmed]

Great pics! Look at those women in the cloth-washing photo - how tiny they are! Especially the one standing, where you can see how short she is. Ah, the days of pre-calcium-enriched diets!

Thanks for the link!

[Keropi]

Thanks for the link!

I can almost picture my great-grandmother walking around in the background of those photos.

Life was not easy back then.

[kittens]

This is very very cool!! I wish Kenshin was in a picture