Reading the albums
Through the Album
Each article opens one photo album or print album from the Meiji or Taisho era and turns its pages through a few chosen images.
2 albums
From night cherry blossoms to embroidery: a Meiji album of Kyoto
Cherry blossoms at night in Maruyama, the Aoi Festival in May, the Jidai Festival in October. Kyoto Meishocho ("Album of Famous Places in Kyoto") is about more than sightseeing spots: it also has photos of the city's festivals and events. …42 photos in this albumRead the articleLeave by steam train, arrive at Sanjo Bridge: the Tokaido in 60 prints
On this book's Tokaido, the old highway between Tokyo and Kyoto, you've barely left Nihonbashi before a steam train comes into view. Kaisei Gojusan Eki, "The Fifty-three Stations, Revised," is a print series (soroimono) by Utagawa Hiroshig…60 photos in this albumRead the article