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Map of Edo, after a map by Takai Ranzan from the Tenpo era
(御江戸大絵図 [o-Edo ō-ezu] Large Map of great Edo)
Detail, centered on Edo Castle and the surrounding areas, including Edo Bay.

These women went to the United States in 1871 with Iwakura mission. From left to right: Nagai Shigeko, Ueda Teiko, Yoshimasu Ryoko, Tsuda Umeko, Yamakawa Sutematsu. They are dressed in Western style.

The five most famous men of the Iwakura Mission (1871-73). From left to right: Okubo Toshimichi, Ito Hirobumi, Iwakura Tomomi (in traditional Japanese garb), Yamaguchi Naoyoshi, Kido Takayoshi. Picture taken in Great Britain.

Dressed in Western attire, the diplomat and official of the Meiji Ministry of Education is shown in a monochromatic photograph.

From the collection "Account, including images of various objects, of the foreign ships which arrived in Ōtsu harbor in the summer of Bunsei 7"
(文政七甲申夏異国伝馬船大津浜へ上陸并諸器図等 Bunsei shichi kōshin natsu ikoku tenmasen Ōtsuhama e jōriku narabi ni shokizu…

Nishiki-e (multicolored woodblock print)
Part of a series depicting the events of Chūshingura.
Japanese Title: 忠臣蔵: 夜打三　本望 (Chūshingura youchi san: honmō)

Sumo wrestlers entering the ring for a charity match to raise funds for a temple.

A Meiji-era woodblock print of couples dancing in an elegant dance hall