Genre: Architectural Photography View of an image of Shaka Sama, 'the first who introduced the Buddhist religion into Japan,' with the tombs of wives of Tokugawa lords on either side.
The pavilion at Yedo Terminus [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the line towards the new Shinbashi (Shimbashi) railway station on the newly completed Tokyo-Yokohama line, with the pavilion built for the opening ceremony in the foreground. The building was opened on 14 October 1872 (see following prints).
Genre: Historical Events View looking towards the new railway station on the day of the opening ceremony, with crowds and a covered way decorated with flags in the foreground: 'We hope all our subscribers are so far aware of the nature of a photographic picture as to recognise the impossibility...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple, with large Buddha image in front: 'The temple of Agoin, with its bronze statue of Daibutsz and the votive offerings in front thereof, has nothing special to be told about it; though probably it makes a slightly more picturesque photog...
A street in Yoshiwara, Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the façade of a large mansion: 'It shows the superior kind of houses in that quarter to those existing in any other part of the native town …' (p. 128).