Amusements & Recreations

“Shodoshima Kankakei Ropeway” tourist postcard, Seto Inland Sea, c. 1940.

Mizu shobai [“Water trade”] culture, Club Seryna, Ginza, c. 1970.

Shinjuku at Night, Tokyo, c. 1940.

“Tokyo Matsuri” advertising postcard, 1933.

“Stepping on virgin snow”, Shiga Kogen, Nagano, c. 1940.

“Maruyama-machi” (Licensed quarter), Nagasaki, c. 1910.

Daijo Of “Kanadehon chushingura” (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), c. 1910.

Kegon Waterfall at Nikko, c. 1920.

“Sea Water Bath of Kaomega-saki”, Tsuruga, c. 1910.

“A procession of oiran at Yoshiwara”, c. 1920.

Yumoto no Hiroba (Yumoto Public Square) at Wakura Onsen, Noto Peninsula, c. 1930.

Jozankei spa, Sapporo, Hokkaido, c. 1960.

Katase Beach, Enoshima, 1910-1960.

“Kanto Festival at Akita City”, c. 1960.

The Kawakami Theater performing “Okan” at Meiji-za, Tokyo, c. 1905.

“Ski”, Takada (Joetsu), Japan, c. 1915.

Kite-flying culture, c. 1910-1930.

Uta-garuta (“Poem cards” game), c. 1930.

On the road from Atami to Ito, c. 1930.

20th National High School Baseball Championship (“Summer Koshien”), 1934.

Kinosaki Hot Spring, c. 1930.

Ice skating at Lake Suwa, Nagano, c. 1930.

Reenactment of daimyo procession, Kanda, Tokyo, c. 1910.