SEPPUKU SAM, THE WILD MAN OF OLD JAPAN — or, How to KILL YOURSELF (After Losing a Game of Tic-Tac-Toe) 切腹.

If you haven’t a sense of humor – I’m sorry. All photos contains original comments.

GEISHA GIRLS GONE BAD ? — Two Japanese Women Hiding Their Faces in the Docket of a Tokyo Courtroom.

THE CRAZY KAPPORE FAMILY OF JAPAN — or, Is This Gang Related to EMPEROR TAISHO?

ANOTHER BASKET HEAD — or, Religion Makes People Do the Darndest Things.

THE ICE CUTTERS — Before Japan Had Refrigerators.

JAPANESE “OTAKU” FINALLY GETS A DATE.

THE OCTOPUS — A Japanese Fisherman Struggels for his Life.

RUSTIC JAPAN — Farmer Coming Home on a Cloudy Day in Winter.

SWEEPING SNOW in OLD JAPAN.

GEISHA AND BLIND MASSEUSE — The Day After the All Night Dancing Party.

NAKED STRENGTH — A Rural Sumo Match in Progress.

AT THE TOP OF OLD JAPAN – Dramatic View of Mt. Fuji’s Summit.

“16-YEAR-OLD” CHINESE FEMALE GYMNAST.