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  • Cherry blossoms at the Shirakawa castle ruins collections object detail photo Cherry blossoms at the Shirakawa castle ruins

    1946

    Japan

  • Namikiri, Shima collections object detail photo Namikiri, Shima

    1942

    Japan

  • Nogami, Saitama prefecture collections object detail photo Nogami, Saitama prefecture

    1946

    Japan

  • Inariyama, Nagano Prefecture collections object detail photo Inariyama, Nagano Prefecture

    1947

    Japan

  • Nihonbashi (Dawn), from the series Selection of Views of the Tokaido collections object detail photo Nihonbashi (Dawn), from the series Selection of Views of the Tokaido

    1940

    Japan

  • Namari hot spring, Iwate prefecture collections object detail photo Namari hot spring, Iwate prefecture

    1943

    Japan

  • West Gate, Suwon, Korea, from the series Korean views supplement collections object detail photo West Gate, Suwon, Korea, from the series Korean views supplement

    1940

    Japan

  • Evening in Miho collections object detail photo Evening in Miho

    ca. 1945-1946

    Japan

  • Mera, Boshu collections object detail photo Mera, Boshu

    1949

    Japan

  • Sakunami hot spring, Miyagi prefecture collections object detail photo Sakunami hot spring, Miyagi prefecture

    1941

    Japan

  • Momoura (Ibaraki Prefecture) collections object detail photo Momoura (Ibaraki Prefecture)

    1948

    Japan

  • Iso beach (Ibaraki Prefecture) collections object detail photo Iso beach (Ibaraki Prefecture)

    1949

    Japan

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