Prefecture Collection

General view of Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
General view of the Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Aki Province, Japan

Japan - Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge - decorative border
Japan - The Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge, a historical wooden arch bridge, in the city of Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The bridge was built in 1673, spanning the Nishiki River

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture

Pine Tree at Matsushima, Japan
Matsushima - a group of small islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands covered in pines hence the name Date: circa 1910s

Palais de la Prefecture, Nice, France (Riviera). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Japan. Completed in 1745 as a private strolling garden and villa for the local feudal lords, and opened to the public in 1875

Japan - Poling a barge along the Hozu River
Japan - A brave boatman poling a barge solo along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Pier for Inland Sailing Steamers, Kobe, Japan
Pier for Inland Sailing Steamers, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Arima Road, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Minatogawa Public Garden, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

The Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Great statue of Buddha - Daibutsu - Nofukuji Temple, Kobe
The great statue of Buddha (Daibutsu) at the Nofukuji Temple, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Minatogawa Shrine - Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Minatogawa Shrine - a Shinto shrine in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa. Date: circa 1910s

Ikuta Shrine, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Ikuta Shrine (Ikuta-jinja) - a Shinto shrine in the Chuo Ward of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan - possibly among the oldest shrines in the country. Date: circa 1910s

Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige - Minatogawa Shrine, Kobe
The Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige (Nanko) - Minatogawa Shrine - a Shinto shrine in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa. Date: circa 1910s

Sannomiya Dori, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Wadamisaki LIghthouse, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
The Old Wadamisaki LIghthouse, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The Lighthouse was relocated as a historic monument to Suma Seaside Park in 1964, where it still stands today. Date: circa 1910s

Guardian deity of children Statue - Jizo - Kobe
Statue of the Guardian deity of children at Tori Tenjo-ji (Mayazan Tenjo-ji) - a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Tokiwacho-dori in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Two mothers carrying children on their back in Tokiwacho-dori in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Nikko Tosho-gu Sinto Shrine, Tochigi Prefecture
Nikko Tosho-gu - a Tosho-gu Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Futarasan Shrine and Rinno-ji

Yachiyo-bashi bridge at Miyanoshita Onsen, Hakone, Japan
Yachiyo-bashi bridge at Miyanoshita, an onsen (Natural hot springs) in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Mount Myogi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Mount Myogi - one of the major mountains in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Owakidani, hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Famous floating Torii of the Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
Itsukushima Shrine - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its floating torii gate (pictured on this card)

Owakidani active sulphur vents and hot springs, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: 1929

Kamijinko, Nakajinko and Shimojinko, Tosho-gu, Nikko
The Three Sacred Treasure Houses - (from left) Kamijinko, Nakajinko and Shimojinko, Tosho-gu, Nikko The UNESCO World Heritage Site Shrines

Curtiss C-46A Commando 91-1138 (msn 30553), on display at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 2000

North American F-86F Sabre 02-7966 (msn 256-86), formerly of the Blue Impulse aerobatic team, mounted on a pylon outside the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

North American F-86F Sabre 02-7960 (msn 256-80), formerly of the Blue Impulse aerobatic team, on display at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Fuji T-1B 15-5825 (msn JT55), on display at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 2000

Mitsubishi MU-2S 13-3209 (msn 909), on display at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 2000

Over Lake Biwa and Seta Bridge, near Kyoto, Shiga Prefecture
Looking out over Lake Biwa and the Seta Bridge, near Kyoto, Shiga Prefecture. Vintage 19th century photograph

THE PREFECTURE IN LILLE
Hotel de la Nouvel Prefecture, Lille. Date: 1865

PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD
John Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79

Japan - Poling rafts along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Foix, L Ariege, France, Bridge Quarter, Church and Castle. Date: circa 1907

Bridge near the port, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Moji-ku is today a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in the Fukuoka Prefecture. It. Formerly the city of Moji, which was one of five cities merged to create Kitakyushu in 1963

A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine, Nikko
A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu, a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate

Japan - Great Buddha of Kamakura
Lantern slide of The Great Buddha of Kamakura. The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amit?bha Buddha located at the K

Port / Harbour at Shimonoseki, Japan
Port at Shimonoseki, Japan - a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshu, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits

Guinea, Africa - A Fula Woman from Timbo
Guinea, Africa - A woman from Timbo - a town and sub-prefecture in the Mamou Prefecture in the Mamou Region of Guinea. It is located in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea

View of water and sailing boats, Japan
View of water and sailing boats, probably near the Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Aki Province, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

Floating torii of Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
Floating torii gate at the Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Aki Province, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

Enoshima, Japan, Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Enoshima, a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1905

Lake Biwa, Kyoto, Japan - the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu) Date: circa 1910s

Famous floating Torii, Itsukushima Shrine, Japan - Evening
Itsukushima Shrine in the evening light - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its " floating" torii gate (pictured on this card)

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