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弘前市街 Streets of Hirosaki Hirosaki, Aomori · By 1915 (Taisho era)
青森市街雪景 Aomori Streets in Snow Aomori · By 1915 (Taisho era)
青森市街 Streets of Aomori Aomori · By 1915 (Taisho era)
塩田 Salt Fields Takehara, Hiroshima · By 1916 (Taisho era)
鹽田（竹原名勝写真帖のページ） Salt Fields (A Page from an Album of Famous Places in Takehara) Takehara, Hiroshima · By 1916 (Taisho era)
應天門（樓門） Otenmon Gate (Romon) Heian Shrine, Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
大極殿（拜殿） Daigokuden (Worship Hall) Heian Shrine, Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
山國隊（其二） Yamaguni-tai (Yamaguni Unit), Part 2 Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
藤原文官參朝式 Fujiwara Civil Officials Attending Court Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
御旅所（京都市役所内） Otabisho (Resting Place of the Deity), in Kyoto City Hall Kyoto City Hall, Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
神苑 Shin-en (Shrine Garden) Heian Shrine, Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
德川城使上洛式（其二） The Tokugawa Castle Envoy's Procession to Kyoto, Part 2 Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
織田公上洛式（其二） Lord Oda's March to Kyoto, Part 2 Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
前列（其一） The Zenretsu (Front Procession), Part 1 Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
神饌講社 Shinsen Kosha (Sacred Food Offering Guild) Kyoto · By 1917 (Taisho era)
草津温泉浴場 Bathhouse at Kusatsu Onsen Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma · By 1918 (Taisho era)
室蘭港全景 Panorama of Muroran Harbor Muroran, Hokkaido · By 1918 (Taisho era)
釧路幣舞橋 Nusamai Bridge, Kushiro Kushiro, Hokkaido · By 1918 (Taisho era)
鹿島神宮 Kashima Shrine Kashima Shrine, Ibaraki · By 1918 (Taisho era)
親不知の険 The Perilous Cliffs of Oyashirazu Oyashirazu, Niigata · By 1918 (Taisho era)
高田　積雪の光景 Deep Snow in Takada Takada, Niigata · By 1918 (Taisho era)
富山神通橋 Jinzu Bridge, Toyama Toyama · By 1918 (Taisho era)
島田 Shimada Shimada, Shizuoka · By 1918 (Taisho era)
鹿児島市及桜島 Kagoshima City and Sakurajima Sakurajima, Kagoshima · By 1918 (Taisho era)
米子海岸より大山を望む Mount Daisen from the Yonago Shore Yonago, Tottori · By 1918 (Taisho era)
藤澤遊行寺 Yugyoji, Fujisawa Fujisawa, Kanagawa · By 1918 (Taisho era)
豊橋 Toyohashi Toyohashi (Yoshida), Aichi · By 1918 (Taisho era)
四日市 Yokkaichi Yokkaichi, Mie · By 1918 (Taisho era)
善通寺仁王門 Nio Gate, Zentsuji Zentsuji, Kagawa · By 1918 (Taisho era)
門司艦船　石炭積込実況 Loading Coal onto Ships at Moji Moji, Fukuoka · By 1918 (Taisho era)

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