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Completion of the Chuo Main Line Railway commemorative postcard, Nagoya, c....
Completion of the Chuo Main Line Railway commemorative postcard, Nagoya, c. 1911, with an inset photo of Goto Shimpei, then then-Director of Japan Government Railways. The Kobu Railway opened the...
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Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, c. 1965.
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, c. 1965. The arena was designed by Yamada Mamoru, strongly influenced by the Yumedono (Hall of Dreams) at Nara. The roof lines are meant to suggest Mt. Fuji. See also: 1964...
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11th Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo Torch Relay commemorative postcard, 1972.
“From Olympia, where it was lit, the flame was taken by car to Athens, where it is flown to Japan. “On 30 December 1971, the torch arrived at Okinawa Island, where a 60km relay took place around the...
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Kyoritsu Girls’ College & Vocational School, Chiyoda, Tokyo, c. 1940.
Main Building of the Kyoritsu Girls’ College & Vocational School, Chiyoda, Tokyo, c. 1940, including the Girls’ College, Girls’ Vocational School and Girls’ High School. See also: Doshisha Girls’...
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“The Shanghai Trouble” postcard series, 1932.
“Shanghai in 1932 was the scene of a fierce thirty-three-day fight between Chinese and Japanese. “Was this a war or a mere ‘incident’? This bloody struggle that captured world headlines for five weeks...
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“Capt. Geo. Ash, returned Government Scout or World’s Famous Cowboy”, Tokyo,...
“On February 6, 1918, the theater Yūrakuza, built with one of the first Western influenced architectural designs, announced the show ‘Cowboys and Girls’ Opera’ that ran for seven days. Yūrakuza was...
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“Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment”, Kyobashi Restaurant, Kyobashi, Tokyo, c....
“Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment”, Kyobashi Restaurant and Sapporo Beer Hall, Kyobashi, Tokyo, c. 1905. (Colorized) See also: Bijin & Elixir, c. 1910. Kyobashi (Capital Bridge), c. 1910. “‘Dr....
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“Life in the Navy” postcard series, c. 1930.
Raising the ensign, “Life in the Navy” postcard series, c. 1930. See also: The Tokyo Nautical School training ship “Taisei Maru”, 1906. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, c. 1910. Imperial Japanese Navy training...
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Nagoya Station grand re-opening, Nagoya, 1937.
Nagoya Station, Nagoya, 1937, commemorating the opening of the third terminal to display the railway station name fifty-one years after the original terminal opened. Wartime firebombing would reduce...
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