Japan in the 1870s in art

substitute Uncategorized April 28, 2006 1 Minute

Newspaper Nishikie is a huge archive of Japanese topical illustration from the 1870s: crime, politics, suicide, all kinds of weird topics. Below you see “Sumo Firemen”. Thanks, Ursi!

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Published April 28, 2006

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