Vintage Japanese Postcard Museum

Emperor Meiji meets General Grant, 1879.

Ebisu, God of Good Fortune, New Year’s postcard, c. 1920.

“Anytime!!” Preparations for invasion, propaganda postcard, 1945.

Edward Prince of Wale’s visit to Japan, 1922.

“Akita Obako”, c. 1930.

“Ski”, Takada (Joetsu), Japan, c. 1915.

Secretary of War Howard Taft & First Daughter Alice Roosevelt in Japan, 1905.

Year of the Rat, New Year’s postcard, 1936.

Hanetsuki (Japanese Badminton), New Year’s cards, 1910 & 1939.

Christmas Card, Japan, c. 1920.

Kochi Jogakkai [Kochi Girls’ School], Kochi, c. 1920.

Japan-US Relations, c. 1908.

“Patriotic March” (“Aikoku koshinkyoku”) propaganda postcard, c. 1942.

50th Anniversary of the Telephone, 1926.

Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, c. 1910.

Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, c. 1920.

Changing time(s).

“Tomb of Soga Brothers”, Hakone, c. 1920.

Kite-flying culture, c. 1910-1930.

M.S. Asama Maru, NYK Lines, c. 1930.

Uta-garuta (“Poem cards” game), c. 1930.

“War tuba”, acoustic detection array, c. 1935.

Emperor Meiji at the Grand Fleet Review, 1905.

On the road from Atami to Ito, c. 1930.