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This print shows a view of Mt. Fuji from Otome Pass at the border of Shizuoka and Kanagawa Prefectures, facing west. Otome Pass is part of the road to Gotenba, Shizuoka Prefecture via Sengokubara (Kanagawa) and Hakone. It has been famous since…

Great Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura. There is a boy standing on the statue's hands facing the viewer and another person standing on the stone steps in front of it facing the statue. The photographer has labeled the print, "A 87…

This print shows the Grand Hotel in Yokohama designed by French architect P. Sarda and completed in 1887. The back of the building looked out onto the Bund, while the main entrance faced Mizumachi Street, seen in this print. The hotel was destroyed…

Handwritten title, "A typical Japanese garden or park." Photographer's title, "A 270 Garden of Hotsuta, in Tokyo." The garden is no longer extant. Mu

This print shows the Lotus Pond, part of Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park in Tokyo. The park was established in 1873, on lands previously belonging to the Kan'ei-ji Temple. The photographer has labelled the print, "66 Shinobazu (Pond) Tokio." Turner has…

This print shows women and children under the wisteria trellis at the Kameido Tenjin Shrine. Kameido Shrine is dedicated to the 9th century scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane. Planted during the Edo period, the wisteria trellis in the photo was…

This print shows the interior of the Sensô-ji Temple dedicated to Kannon (Sanskrit, Avalokiteśvara). Founded in 645 AD, it is one of the oldest in Tokyo. At the time of the photograph, the temple was affiliated with the Tendai sect of Buddhism. The…

Modern Chûô-dôri, Ginza 4 chôme, around 1887. Visible in the upper right over the horse-drawn trolley car is the Kyôya Clock Tower. The photographer was probably standing near what is now the corner of Harumi-dôri and Chûô-dôri, looking northeast.

This print shows the five-story pagoda standing at the entrance to Nikkô Tôshôgû, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. The pagoda itself was dedicated in 1648 by Sakai Tadakatsu, the feudal lord…

This print shows the location of Tokugawa Ieyasu's grave (hôto, or jeweled stupa) within the Okumiya (Inner Shrine) at Nikkô Tôshôgû. The stupa built to enshrine him as a Shinto kami (deity) in 1617. The original pagoda was stone, rebuilt in…