Every country has a history like no other, and the corner of the world that we want to take you to today is no exception. On the list below you will find a magic carpet – a collection of pictures from 19th-century Japan that ought to take you not only miles away from home (unless you’re from Japan, of course), but hundreds of years back in time, too.

So, whether you’ve always been fascinated by the culture and history of Japan or have never heard a thing about it, make yourself comfortable and take your time viewing the pictures, each of which will bring you closer to one of the most fascinating countries in East Asia.

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#1 Kyōto, 1880

Image credits: Kajima Seibei

#2 Two Japanese Women Posing With Fans

Image credits: Suzuki Shin'ichi

#3 Peasant Wearing Raincoat Of Straw, Japan, Ca. 188-

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#4 Woman Placing Seaweed On Rack To Dry, Japan

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#5 Three Children At Tea Party, Japan

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#6 Umbrella Maker

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#7 1890, Japan, Kyoto Prefecture

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#8 Hiroshima, Miyajima. Itsukushima Shrine

Image credits: Y. Isawa

#9 Buddha Sculpture

Image credits: Gilman Collection

#10 View Of Town With Fujiyama Mountain In The Background, Yoshida, Japan

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#11 Iris Garden In Horikiri, Tokyo

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#12 Japanese Parlor

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#13 View Of Tokyo, Japan

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#14 Karasaki, Omi (The Most Famous Pine Trees In Japan)

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#15 Group Portrait Of Japanese Women, Possibly In Front Of The Hōkoku-Ji In Kamakura

Image credits: Rijksmuseum

#16 Nara. Kasuga Taisha

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#17 Osaka View

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#18 Six Men, Possibly Monks, Posed For Group Portrait

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#19 Mikado's Palace

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#20 Nagasaki. Hamanomachi

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#21 Osaka, Kawaguchi, Nishi Ward

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#22 Kobe. Nonobiki Falls

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#23 Gojio, At Kyoto

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#24 Kyōto. Kinkaku-Ji, The Golden Pavillion Of Rokuon Temple

Image credits: Unknown photographer

#25 Buddhist Monk

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#26 Japanese Woman

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#27 Miyajima. Aki

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#28 Nara. Bell Near The Condo With Daibutsu

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#29 Winter Evening

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#30 Two Women Washing And Ironing, Japan

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#31 Preparing Silk For Market, Japan

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#32 Family Meal, Japan

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#33 The Archin-Bridge, Hachimanshrine, Kamakura, Japan

Image credits: National Museum of Denmark

#34 Shinto Temple

Image credits: Mrs. Ruthe Feldman/Philip Feldman

#35 Entrance To A Temple Dedicated To Hachiman In Kamakura

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#36 View Of The Tsurugaoka Hachimangū In Kamakura

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#37 Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura, Japan

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#38 Vista In A Bamboo Grove, Kyoto

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