EU: Straatversiering in Kyoto (1890)
1890 Kyoto, Japan
Street decorations line a thoroughfare in Kyoto in this 1890 photograph, offering a glimpse of everyday urban life in the former imperial capital during the early Meiji era, as the city adapted to Japan's rapid modernization.
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