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Vintage Japanese Postcard Museum

Mizu shobai [“Water trade”] culture, Club Seryna, Ginza, c. 1970.
The Second Kyoto Railroad Terminal, c. 1940.
“This is the Japanese greatest admiral …”, Admiral Togo, 1906.
Kyushu Imperial University, c. 1930.
“Advertisement on street”, c. 1920.
Crown Prince Yoshihito (Taisho) and family, c. 1910.
Imperial Japanese Navy battleship “Hyuga”, c. 1920.
“Ladies’ hair-dresser”, c. 1930.
“Modern Shampoo” advertising postcard, c. 1935.
Shinjuku at Night, Tokyo, c. 1940.
“Tokyo Matsuri” advertising postcard, 1933.
“A View of a Lighthouse from the Bentenbashi Riverbank”, Yokohama, c. 1910.
Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Commanders, 1936.
“Emperor of Japan”, c. 1905.
Shichirigahama Beach, Koyurugimisaki, & Enoshima, c. 1910.
“Year of the Ox”, New Years’ card, 1937.
Kawanishi flying boat New Year’s postcard, c. 1940.
“Seryna” restaurants advertising postcards, Roppongi, c. 1970.
JOAK (NHK) Radio Building, Tokyo, c. 1948.
Imatake-designed Takashimaya advertising postcards, 1947.
Dedication of Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, 1920.
Great East Asia Conference, 1943.
“Stepping on virgin snow”, Shiga Kogen, Nagano, c. 1940.
Imperial Capital Reconstruction Board (Teito Fukko-in) commemorative postcards, 1930.

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  • Kyushu Imperial University, c. 1930.
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