Every country has a history like no other, and the corner of the world that we want to take you to today is no exception. On the list below you will find a magic carpet – a collection of pictures from 19th-century Japan that ought to take you not only miles away from home (unless you’re from Japan, of course), but hundreds of years back in time, too.
So, whether you’ve always been fascinated by the culture and history of Japan or have never heard a thing about it, make yourself comfortable and take your time viewing the pictures, each of which will bring you closer to one of the most fascinating countries in East Asia.
#1 Kyōto, 1880
Image credits: Kajima Seibei
#2 Umbrella Maker
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#3 Peasant Wearing Raincoat Of Straw, Japan, Ca. 188-
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#4 Japanese Parlor
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#5 Woman Placing Seaweed On Rack To Dry, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#6 Man Peddling Vegetables, Tokyo, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#7 Mother And Child, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#8 View Of Tokyo, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#9 Three Children At Tea Party, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#10 View Of Town With Fujiyama Mountain In The Background, Yoshida, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#11 Buddha Sculpture
Image credits: Gilman Collection
#12 Two Japanese Women Posing With Fans
Image credits: Suzuki Shin'ichi
#13 Nara. Kasuga Taisha
Image credits: humus
#14 Group Portrait Of Japanese Women, Possibly In Front Of The Hōkoku-Ji In Kamakura
Image credits: Rijksmuseum
#15 Hiroshima, Miyajima. Itsukushima Shrine
Image credits: Y. Isawa
#16 Nagasaki. Hamanomachi
Image credits: humus
#17 Six Men, Possibly Monks, Posed For Group Portrait
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#18 Karasaki, Omi (The Most Famous Pine Trees In Japan)
Image credits: humus
#19 Mikado’s Palace
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#20 1890, Japan, Kyoto Prefecture
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#21 Miyajima. Aki
Image credits: humus
#22 Buddhist Monk
Image credits: humus
#23 Iris Garden In Horikiri, Tokyo
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#24 Osaka View
Image credits: humus
#25 Two Women Washing And Ironing, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#26 Gojio, At Kyoto
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#27 Preparing Silk For Market, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#28 Shinto Temple
Image credits: Mrs. Ruthe Feldman/Philip Feldman
#29 Nara. Bell Near The Condo With Daibutsu
Image credits: humus
#30 Osaka, Kawaguchi, Nishi Ward
Image credits: humus
#31 Winter Evening
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#32 Kobe. Nonobiki Falls
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#33 Japanese Woman
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#34 Family Meal, Japan
Image credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
#35 Kyōto. Kinkaku-Ji, The Golden Pavillion Of Rokuon Temple
Image credits: Unknown photographer
#36 The Archin-Bridge, Hachimanshrine, Kamakura, Japan
Image credits: National Museum of Denmark
#37 Entrance To A Temple Dedicated To Hachiman In Kamakura
Image credits: Rijksmuseum
#38 View Of The Tsurugaoka Hachimangū In Kamakura
Image credits: Rijksmuseum
#39 Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura, Japan
Image credits: National Museum of Denmark
#40 Vista In A Bamboo Grove, Kyoto
Image credits: 1qa2ws