Historic Events

2600th Anniversary of the Founding of Japan, 1940.

Graves of the Shogitai, Ueno Park, Tokyo, c. 1930.

Victory (Triumph) celebrations, 1905.

Emperor Meiji’s funeral hearse, 1912.

Prince Ito Hirobumi state funeral, 1909.

Conquest of Singapore commemorative postcard, 1942.

Yokohama port centennial parade, 1958.

Inamuragasaki, Enoshima, c. 1960.

Monument to Hamasaki Taheiji, Ibusuki, c. 1930.

“Jingei”-class submarine tender & Type B1- and Type C-class submarines, c. 1941.

Japan Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, 1939.

Aviator “Bud” Mars, Japan, c. 1911.

Celebrating the Enthronement of Emperor Showa, 1928.

Japan Red Cross Society commemorative postcard, c. 1937.

2nd Air Mail Flying Contest, Osaka-Kurume, 1920.

Mountain Railway, Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910.

“General Grant” tree, Nagasaki, c. 1910.

50th Anniversary Commemoration, Imperial Government Railways, 1922.

Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, c. 1960.

The creation of “Greater Tokyo,” 1932.

Imperial Wedding, 1959.

Crown Prince Hirohito’s Tour of Europe, 1921.

“Hatsukaze” & “Kochikaze”, Tokyo-Paris-London-Rome, 1925.