"This book reproduces over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan. Almost one-fourth

This fascinating Japanese photography book features over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then worki

When Japan opened its doors to the West in the 1860s, delicately hand-tinted photographic prints of Japanese people and landscapes were among its earliest and m

Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era. The importance of early railways in t

An exceptional and gritty portrait of Japan and its people by the renowned Magnum street photographer Bruce Gilden.