Yokohama, Japan c.1900 Benten-dori - c.1890's image.... street decorations

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Yokohama, Japan c.1900 Benten-dori - c.1890's image.... street decorations
Yokohama, Japan,
c.1900-1903 issued postcard........
A 117+ year old
postcard greatly detailed c.1890's photo image from along the
Benten-dori in Yokohama
, the city's popular shopping street with many shops of note.....
Great period details
are seen in the image including the shops decorated with lanterns for a festival....there are silk shops and at the right in the distance is the
clock tower which belonged to the watch and clock merchant
Kawakita Naozo Shoten
, completed in 1894 , it became Benten-dori's most recognizable landmark.
Undivided back, in very good condition with oxidation noticed in the border areas......
see scans for a closer look.
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