Nobukuni Enami, also known as T. Enami, was a photographer and studio owner in Yokohama from 1892 until his death in 1929. He made thousands of stereoviews, lantern-slides and postcards in his lifetime, which are essential in the pictorial history of the Meiji and Taishō eras.
The resort village of Hakone on Lake Ashi
Morning light on the winter shores of Lake Yamanaka, with the Mt. Fuji in the background
The Antique Dealer, c. 1892-1895
A basket, brush and broom seller, c. 1892-1896
A goldfish seller
The Japanese version of the cold lemonade stand: a man serving amazake, a low-alcohol or alcohol-free sweet drink, made from fermented rice, c. 1892-1895
Blowfish lanterns, c. 1897-1900
Unwinding silk from cocoons
Babysitters, c. 1898-1903
Working dogs
Selling flowers in front of a milk shop
A komusō (characterized by a straw bascinet named tengai worn on the head), a mendicant monk of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism, playing on the Japanese bamboo flute (shakuhachi) while begging
The broom seller
Boys on their way to school
Hot water for Japanese troops in China, during the Russo-Japan War, 1904-1905
An umbrella maker
Drying umbrellas, c. 1905-1915
Mt. Fuji through dead trees and veiling clouds, c. 1906-1912
A maiko and an obi in the Genkyu Gardens of Hikone, near Kyoto
Sweeping snow
Reading a love letter, c. 1908
Geisha on a jinrikisha
Tea pickers on a green hill, c. 1910-1915
A water wagon man keeping the dust down in a high class neighborhood, c. 1905-1920
Drying tea
A geisha makes some music for her dancing maiko sisters, c. 1925
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The photos are from the Flickr stream of Okinawa Soba.
