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Wisteria vine at Kameido Tenjin shrine, Tokyo

Item is a photograph showing people on the taiko-bashi (drum bridge) over the Shinji-ike pond and wisteria in full bloom at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Tokyo. This is one of the many photographs from this period, which were patterned after ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This photograph follows a 1865 print, Inside Kameido Tenshin Shrine by Hiroshige Ando and others.

Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村 康三郎)

The thousand armed Kannon, Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto

: Item is a photograph of rows of the thousand armed Kannon or Bodhisattva figures at the Sanjūsangen-dō, a Buddhist temple officially known as Rengeō-in (Hall of the Lotus King) in Kyoto, Japan. This temple was a popular subject, and several photographers of the time took similar photos.

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部金兵衛)

A woman in kago and two kago carriers

Item is a photograph showing a woman in a kago (litter, palanquin) and two male kago carriers taking a rest to smoke. A woman holding a fan wearing kimono sits on a cushion in a kago.

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部金兵衛)

Earthquake destruction

Item is a photograph showing earthquake destruction in the Neo Valley. A jutting roof appears in the foreground. Photographed by Mr. K. Kimbei of Yokohama

Nagoya Spinning Mill

Item is a copy of Plate VI in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton, showing the Nagoya Spinning Mill in Japan, after 1891 earthquake.

Nagara Gawa Railway Bridge

Item a copy of Plate XXII in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton. The image shows Nagara Railway Bridge, twisted and broken after 1891 earthquake. A man stands in the middle of the track.

Twisted railway line

Item is a copy of Plat X in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton. The image shows a railway line twisted by earthquake of 1891, and Kisogawa railway bridge in background.

Kasamatsu [earthquake damage]

Item is a photograph showing a field of debris from earthquake destruction in Kasamatsu, Japan. It is a copy of Plate XV in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton.

On the Road - Nagoya to Gifu

This image is featured in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891"
by John Milne and W.K. Burton with 29 Plates by K. Ogawa, 1st Edition (ca 1892). It is plate IX from the book.

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