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Modernization

Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, Marunouchi, Tokyo, c. 1910.
“Great Exhibition of Japan’s Rapid Progress” advertising postcard, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 1936.
Japan-Manchuria Great Industrial Exposition, Toyama Prefecture, 1936.
Yawata Iron and Steel Company, Yawata, Kyushu, c. 1940.
Meiji-brand “Cream Caramel” advertising postcard, c. 1935.
Chemistry Laboratory, c. 1940.
Kikkoman brand Soy Sauce (history), c. 1930.
“In commemoration of the Establishment of Direct Cable Communication between Japan and America” commemorative postcards, 1906.
Pilot Fountain Pen and Pilot Ink advertising postcard, c. 1930.
“Back to the soil”, c. 1950. (Colorized)
“Stock farm of cows near Sapporo”, Hokkaido, c. 1920.
Tokyo-Osaka-Tokyo Air Race, 1920.
Sheep grazing in the shadow of Ezo Fuji, Hokkaido, c. 1930.
“The Cannon-ball of Ohato”, Nagasaki, c. 1910.
Doshisha University, Kyoto, c. 1920.
“‘Eight-Eight’ Fleet Program”, Imperial Japanese Navy, c. 1925.
“Modern Shampoo” advertising postcard, c. 1935.
Shinjuku at Night, Tokyo, c. 1940.
“A View of a Lighthouse from the Bentenbashi Riverbank”, Yokohama, c. 1910.
Bijin on bicycle, c. 1920.
Osaka Electrical Exhibition, Osaka, 1926.
Japan Electrical Exhibition, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1918.
Nohonshugi (“Agrarian fundamentalism”) propaganda postcard, c. 1940.

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