"Photographs made in color by hand" that showed the country life in the early Meiji period



In the travel magazine for traveling abroad issued by the Scottish publisher in the early Meiji period, Japanese rural photographs were posted. This picture has been colored with the hands of the Japanese, and it is a material showing the way of life of the Japanese in the early Meiji era.

Gorgeous hand-colored photos capture Japan on the brink of modernity
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The following picture is a picture colored manually by a Japanese who was asked to arrange photos to be posted in the travel magazine "The Far East".

A blind female entertainer shining a shamisen.


These two people are singers.


A person who delivers a newspaper called "tile plate".


A woman in Japanese clothes.


It is a woman who has a sword and a sword.


A man of a farmer wearing "簑" that surpasses rain.


If you look closely, women are wearing clogs rather than sandals.


A dancer


A man who judges the sea bream.


A state of dressing.


Hattoos and kites


A merchant selling potted plants.


A woman holding an umbrella.


Shrine


A woman carrying a baby.


Big Buddha and worshipers


Craftsmen who repair shoes


rickshaw


He is an actor in armor.

in Art, Posted by darkhorse_log