33 rare old photos, an American black man hugging a comfort woman, a family of three whose bodies were left intact after the atomic bombing.
Around 1870, in Japan, women wearing kimonos and carrying children on their backs were estimated to be about 1.2 meters tall.
In a brothel in Japan a hundred years ago, a group of geishas were greeting passers-by. The men only looked back, probably because they did not have enough money in their pockets to go up to drink, listen to music, and eat melon seeds.
1910s Geisha in Shimbashi Flower Street, Tokyo, Japan. In the 17th century, there were only male geishas. Due to people's aesthetic fatigue, around 1750, smart businesses began to introduce female geishas. The geishas at that time were not brothel girls, but well-trained literary young women who could do anything in playing, playing, and singing.
At that time, geishas mainly served wealthy people. In Japan, when businessmen were discussing business or having leisure gatherings, they always liked to find a few geishas to accompany them to entertain them, serve wine and dishes, and liven up the atmosphere. The prices were comparable to "heaven and earth" consumption.
In 1914, in Japan, poor people were washing clothes by the river and waiting for their husbands to return from rowing.
In 1914, Nagoya, Japan, , taking a bath in the home-made "hot spring".
A wealthy woman in Japan in the 1920s. At that time, everything in Japan imitated Europe and the United States, and the clothes, hats, and walking sticks all had a strong foreign style.
In 1920, a Japanese couple took a selfie in the mirror. This is the earliest "selfie showing affection" I have ever seen.
In the 1930s, Japanese actress Chieko Takeku took a selfie in the mirror with a camera in hand.
In the 1930s, a dowry queue was held in Nagoya, Japan. The longer the queue, the more powerful the man’s family is, and the more the woman’s family will naturally accompany her, and there will be envious and jealous aunts beside her!
In 1931, a woman on the streets of Ginza. At that time, most of the people who could dress up like this were young ladies from royal families and wealthy families.
In 1938, students were taking swimming lessons in an indoor swimming pool in Tokyo, Japan. Poor me, I have never had swimming lessons since I was a child!
1958, posed photos of Japanese actresses.
In the 1950s, when Japan was recovering from the post-war period, a large number of new European and American products poured into the island country. This picture shows a photographer imitating Americans and taking photos of models.
In the 1960s, a Japanese lady who was bowling actually threw the ball in socks. The ball probably stopped halfway.
In the 1960s, old Japanese street photos were taken. Is the man in a suit behind him looking for a love partner?
The attire of the United States, Britain, Japan and China in 1961 shows that it is really not easy for us to catch up with Western fashion in these years.
In 1961, the urban life of Japanese literary and artistic youths could resist the cold winter with a lamp and a novel.
In 1969, a girl holding an umbrella was photographed in Tokyo, Japan. What is the person on the right wearing on her legs?
In 1972, a woman was waiting to cross the road in Japan. She was lying in big waves, wrapped in a cotton skirt, was she going to eat supper with the other party?
In the street photography of Tokyo, Japan in the 1980s, quirky street styles emerged one after another. This was also closely related to the cultural trends led by fashion designers at the time.
In May 1986 in Tokyo, Princess Diana attended the Japanese Parliament meeting
The epitome of the Japanese subway in the 1990s, it can be called a miniature version of "everything in the world"
In 1940, female workers with stiff expressions were making artillery shells at the Kokura Arsenal in Fukuoka, Japan.
The Japanese captured after the Battle of Changde looked dissatisfied, like a "stubborn donkey", but he was finally converted by our army
In 1944, during the Tengchong Battle, Chinese soldiers and American soldiers were displaying the captured Japanese sun flag and japanese weapons.
In September 1945, on Marshall Island, four Japanese sailors became "washboard demons" due to hunger.
August 1945, Hiroshima , a family of three was left completely scratched after the atomic bomb exploded. Japan, in particular, must keep in mind that sooner or later it will have to pay back the atomic bomb. Why did the United States only let two of them go?
During World War II , a group of Japanese girls came to the airport with flowers to send their "heroes" off to the front line.
After the end of World War II, two Japanese women in kimonos came to the airport to greet their American boyfriends who were flying B26 fighter planes;
After 1946, Japanese veterans did anything to survive, including begging, shining shoes, pulling rickshaws, picking up garbage, etc. This photo is of dragging an American female officer to go shopping!
In 1946, black American soldiers carried Japanese comfort women to the beach to spend the summer. She held the small bag and held her eyes, feeling as proud as marrying a US military soldier, but what was the result? A few years later, the U.S. military changed its guard, leaving behind orphans and widows
In 1954, 28-year-old Marilyn Monroe visited soldiers with back injuries in Japan
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