EU: Kyoto from "Sketches of life in Japan ... With illustrations". (1887)
1887 Kyoto, Japan
This 1887 image of Kyoto originates from the illustrated volume 'Sketches of Life in Japan,' part of a wave of Western-published books that introduced Japanese scenes and customs to overseas readers in the late nineteenth century.
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