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1920s

Evening illuminations, Peace Commemorative Exposition, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1922.
Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 floatplane, c. 1924.
I.J.N. Nobile N-3 semi-rigid airship, c. 1927.
Hankyu Department Store & Osake-Umeda Station, Umeda, Osaka, 1929.
“Capt. Geo. Ash, returned Government Scout or World’s Famous Cowboy”, Tokyo, c. 1920.
“Gyokushodo” incense store advertising postcard, Shitaya, Tokyo, c. 1920.
“Mitsui Salicylic Acid”, Miike Dye Works, Mitsui Mining Co., Omuta, Kyushu, c. 1928.
“Year of the Dragon” (“Ryuu”), New Year’s postcards, 1916-1940.
Kosaka Copper Mine, Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, c. 1920.
“Kyoto Tayū dochu”. Procession of tayū and kamuro through the “flower town” (hanamichi), Kyoto, c. 1920.
“Gatekeeper of Kenko-kan”, c. 1920.
Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby with Annapolis Naval Academy Class of 1881 alumni and wives, 1922.
Air Mail Flying Contest commemorative postcards, 1920-1921.
Mino-o [Minoh] Park Entrance, Osaka, c. 1915. (Colorized)
“Buckwheat noodle (soba) house” deliveryman, c. 1920.
Heian Jingu (Heian Shrine), Kyoto, c. 1920-1960.
Konpiragu Shrine Treasure House, Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, c. 1920.
“Journey”, artwork by Kato Masao, c. 1930.
“Abt system railway at Usui Pass”, Karuizawa, c. 1910.
“Contrivance of Yasukuni-jinja”, Tokyo, c. 1920.
“Three Monkeys carving at Iyeyasu Temple”, Nikko, c. 1920.
“Gion Kobu Hanamikouji”, Kyoto, c. 1920.
“The Famous Place of Mt. Hiei”, Enryakuji, Kyoto, c. 1930.

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