Vintage Japanese Postcard Museum

Panoramic view of the Maruyama ski area, Yuzawa (Niigata), c. 1960.

“Abt system railway at Usui Pass”, Karuizawa, c. 1910.

“Memorial to Captain Araki in Hsingan Ling”, Manchuria propaganda postcard, 1936.

“Student at Tokyo Army Aviation School” propaganda postcard, c. 1940.

“Yuki no Hotel” (“Hotel of Snow”), Mt. Rokko (Rokkosan) Hotel, Kobe., c. 1930.

Bunraku puppets advertising postcard, c. 1910.

“Great Exhibition of Japan’s Rapid Progress” advertising postcard, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 1936.

“Sai-no-Kawara of the top [of Mt.] Fuji”, Japan, c. 1930.

Nakajima E4N2 reconnaissance floatplane, military recruitment postcard, c. 1935.

Osaka home office of the Glico Confectionery Co. advertising postcard, c. 1935.

“Contrivance of Yasukuni-jinja”, Tokyo, c. 1920.

Junten Middle School, Tokyo, c. 1915.

“Three Monkeys carving at Iyeyasu Temple”, Nikko, c. 1920.

Japan-Manchuria Great Industrial Exposition, Toyama Prefecture, 1936.

Haku-san Sand Slope, Utsumi, Aichi Prefecture, c. 1940.

Cruiser “Takasago”, c. 1900.

“Gion Kobu Hanamikouji”, Kyoto, c. 1920.

Yawata Iron and Steel Company, Yawata, Kyushu, c. 1940.

5th National Industrial Exhibition, Osaka, 1903.

“The Famous Place of Mt. Hiei”, Enryakuji, Kyoto, c. 1930.

“We are proud to be the Best of the Best”, Kawase Zen Shouten “O-bon” paper lantern advertising postcard, Tokyo, c. 1925.

“Priest Gessho tsukusu ma de” (Serving Priest Gessho until exhausted), c. 1920.

“Temporary Occupation housing surrounds the Imperial Diet”, Tokyo, c. 1950.

“Souvenir of the Naval Manoevre, Oct. 23, 1905”, Mitsukoshi Department Store advertising postcard, 1905.