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Vintage Japanese Postcard Museum

“The seashore of Zushi”, Miura Peninsula, near Tokyo, c. 1925.
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of Yokohama Port, 1909.
Shinsen (Sinchon) Onsen Station, Chosen (Korea), c. 1930.
Hyogo Prefectural Girls’ School, Hyogo (Kobe), 10th Anniversary postcards, 1911.
“Eating with chopsticks”, c. 1910.
“Aleutian Operations” propaganda postcard, c. 1942.
“A Bamboo Horse”, boys on bamboo stilts <span style="font-style: normal;">[takeuma]</span>, c. 1910.
Japanese quail (uzura), c. 1920.
Geisha playing billiards, c. 1920.
Fujinami Shrine, Tosa, Shikoku, c. 1920.
Maiko playing “onigokko” (“devil catch”), c. 1920.
Motomachi-dori, Kobe, c. 1930.
Jinju Seimei Hoken K.K. (Jinju Life Insurance Co.), Tokyo, c. 1920.
Amezaiku [sugar sculpture] street vendor, c. 1930.
S.S. President Cleveland, Dollar Steamship Line, c. 1930.
Sheep grazing in the shadow of Ezo Fuji, Hokkaido, c. 1930.
Kobe Station, Kobe, c. 1910.
Comparisons of Daily Newspaper Circulations, Worldwide, c. 1930.
Kochi Castle, Tosa, Shikoku, c. 1920.
A farmer’s life, c. 1920.
The Bund, Kobe, c. 1910.
City Office, Yokohama, c. 1920.
“All the staff and students of Kinjo Girls’ School”, Nagoya, c. 1920.
“Doll-maker”, c. 1930.

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  • “The seashore of Zushi”, Miura Peninsula, near Tokyo, c. 1925.
  • Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of Yokohama Port, 1909.
  • Shinsen (Sinchon) Onsen Station, Chosen (Korea), c. 1930.
  • Hyogo Prefectural Girls’ School, Hyogo (Kobe), 10th Anniversary postcards, 1911.
  • “Eating with chopsticks”, c. 1910.

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  • Yokohama Port centennial parade, 1958. | Old TokyoOld Tokyo on Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of Yokohama Port, 1909.
  • Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of Yokohama Port, 1909. | Old TokyoOld Tokyo on Grand Hotel, Yokohama, c. 1910.
  • Shiba Park Hotel, Tokyo, c. 1950. | Old TokyoOld Tokyo on Hilltop Hotel, Kanda, Tokyo, c. 1960.
  • Shiba Park Hotel, Tokyo, c. 1950. | Old TokyoOld Tokyo on Zōjyō-ji Temple, Shiba Park, Tokyo, c. 1910.
  • Hyogo Prefectural Girls’ School, Hyogo (Kobe), 10th Anniversary postcards, 1911. | Old TokyoOld Tokyo on Sendai Private High School for Girls (Sendai Koto Jo Gakko), Sendai, c. 1910.

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