Kanto Collection

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

View of the Seafront in Yokohama (Yokohama Kagandori no fukei), 5th month, 1870

Illustration of Foreign Residences and the Catholic Church in Yokohama (Yokoha)
Illustration of Foreign Residences and the Catholic Church in Yokohama (Yokohama shokan tenshudo no zu), 10th month, 1870

Pictorial Guide to Yokohama Harbor, 7th month, 1860. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
Pictorial Guide to Yokohama Harbor, 7th month, 1860

Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama, 1861. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama, 1861

A True View of a Trading House of a Yokohama Merchant, 1st month, 1861

Detailed Print of Yokohama Hon-cho and the Miyozaki Pleasure Quarter, 4th month. 1860
Detailed Print of Yokohama Hon-cho and the Miyozaki Pleasure Quarter, 4th month, 1860

Landscape View at Yokohama (Yokohama fukei), 2nd month, 1860. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
Landscape View at Yokohama (Yokohama fukei), 2nd month, 1860

A Distant View of Yokohama from Kanagawa, 5th month, 1860. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
A Distant View of Yokohama from Kanagawa, 5th month, 1860

People of the Five Nations, 1861. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
People of the Five Nations, 1861

Imported Silk Reeling Machine at Tsukiji in Tokyo, 4th month, 1872

View of Eating and Drinking by People of Five Countries, 1861, 12th month (?)

Kawasaki, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, early 20th century

Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama, 1870s. 1870s
Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama, 1870s

Yokohama, Town Hall, Telegraph Office, Post Office, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Yokohama, Town Hall, Telegraph Office, Post Office, 1870s

Street scene, Yokohama, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street scene, Yokohama, Japan, 1898. Europeans watch Japanese boys wrestling, under fish-shaped paper kites. Strasse in Jokohama

Entrance to a Shinto Temple, in the Nikko district of Japan, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to a Shinto Temple, in the Nikko district of Japan, 1936. Torii at Futarasan jinja, is one of the Shrines and Temples of Nikko, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site

One of many Temples at Nikko, Japan, a Pilgrimage site of sacred Shrines, 1936
This is one of the many Temples at Nikko, a country district in Japan, whither Pilgrims come from all parts of the country to visit the sacred shrines, 1936

Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Kegon-No-Taki, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Kegon-No-Taki, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Cryptomerias at Nikko, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Cryptomerias at Nikko, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Nantai-Zan and Lake Chuzenji, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Nantai-Zan and Lake Chuzenji, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Lake Chuzenji, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Lake Chuzenji, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Yomei Gate at Nikko, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Yomei Gate at Nikko, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Meditation, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Meditation, 1910. Jizo statues at Kanmangafuchi, Nikko. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Travelling by Yama-Kago in the Hakone Mountains, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Travelling by Yama-Kago in the Hakone Mountains, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Autumn at Miyanoshita, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Autumn at Miyanoshita, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Japanese Ladies Going to the Shrines, Nikko, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Japanese Ladies Going to the Shrines, Nikko, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Tree and the Wave, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Tree and the Wave, 1910. On Sagami Bay, Kanagawa, Japan. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

A Novel Method of Coaling at the port of Yokohama, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

The Tomb of Ieyasu, Founder of the Tokugawa Dynasty, at Nikko, 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

A Morning Ride in a Jinrikisha, Sugita, Japan, 1896. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1896]

Under the Plum Blossoms, Sugita, Japan, 1896. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1896]

Avenue of Cryptomerias, Nikko, Japan, 1896. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1896]

East over Mississippi Bay, where Perry came (1854), near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Fishing boats at sunset across Tamagawa to Kawasaki, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

The groves were Gods first temples - avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko, Japan, 1904
The groves were Gods first temples-avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Setting sun, over Lake Chuzenj, lying within its mountain walls, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Shops and crowds on Batsumati Street, in the native quarter, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Within Toshogu Temple at Nikko, c1900. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Shrines and Temples of Nikko contain 103 buildings or structures and the grounds surrounding them

Yokohama Earthquake, 1923. Yokohama, City of Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama was destroyed on September 1st 1923 by the Great Kanto earthquake

The Burial-Place and Temple Groves of Nikko in Japan, c1860, (1904). From The Worlds History, Volume II, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1904]

View of Yomeimon Gate - Shinto Temple Nikko, c1890-1900

A Private Garden at Yokohama, c1892. From The Studio Volume 1 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1893]

Temple at Nikko, Japan, c1908. Artist: Robert Weir Allan
Temple at Nikko, Japan, c1908. From The Studio Volume 43. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1908]

Yokohama Harbour, Japan, c1918. [J. Cassis, Reina 4, Havana, Cuba]

Japanese soldiers at Yukuhama, Japan, c1845. Artist: Sarony & Co
Japanese soldiers at Yukuhama, Japan, c1845

Geisha procession, Yokohama Jubilee, Japan, 1909. A print from L Illustration, 31 July 1909

Imaichi Road at Nikko, Japan, early 20th century(?). An avenue of 13, 000 cedar trees originally planted in the first half of the 17th century

Chemists shop, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, 24th September 1864

Isezakicho Dori, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century. Wooden postcard

Railway Station, Yokohama, 20th century. Wooden postcard

City Office, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century. Wooden postcard

Shokin Bank from Bashamichi, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Street in Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Railway station of Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Sakuragicho Station, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Yakushi Buddhist Temple, Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Japanese woman in a yamakago (mountain chair) crossing the torrential Daiya river near Nikko, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The groves were Gods first temples ; avenue of noble cryptomerias at Nikko, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Ancient stone stairway up the hill to the tomb of Shogun Ieyasu, Nikko, Japan, 1904

Yomeimon (gate), Buddhist Temple of Yakushi, Nikko, Japan, 1904. Nikko has several Buddhist shrines, some dating from as far back as the 8th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Buddhist priests in Ikegami Temple, Omori, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Buddhist priests in Ikegami Temple, Omori, Japan, 1904. The temple houses a shrine to Nichiren, who established a Buddhist sect in the 13th century

Farmers with bamboo rakes spreading millet on mats to dry for winter, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Peasants cutting millet, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Peasants cutting millet, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Fishing boats coming home at sunset, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Boats crossing the Tamagawa River to Kawasaki. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Riding to Daijingu Temple, for Shinto festival of worship of the Sun Goddess, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. People travelling in two-wheeled rickshaws known as jinrikishas. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Schoolhouse and grounds, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Schoolhouse and grounds, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Greetings for newcomers on the pier alongside the Pacific Mail SS China, at Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Buddhist temple, Nikko, Japan, 1895. Artist: Hildibrand
Buddhist temple, Nikko, Japan, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Portico of the Temple of the Four Dragons (Nikko Toshogu), Nikko, Japan, 1895

Lake Hakone, c1890. Landscape in Japan, possibly of Lake Ashi. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Fishing boats at sunset near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Fishing boats at sunset near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

A morning ride in a jinrikisha (rickshaw), Sugita, Japan, 1896. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Looking east over Mississippi Bay, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

A Japanese blacksmith at his forge, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Japanese blacksmith at his forge, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

The station, Yokohama, Japan

Batsumati street, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Batsumati street, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic slide

Greeting for newcomers on the pier alongside the Pacific Mail SS China, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic slide

Big sisters and little brothers in the Land of the Rising Sun, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic slide

The merchants of the ward, New Years festival procession at Yokohama, Japan, 1872. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th January 1872

Girls dressed as boys, New Years festival procession at Yokohama, Japan, 1872. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th January 1872

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