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Edo Era Daughter of a Townhouse 1920s by Blue Ruin1, via Flickr  (People interested in old Japanes fashion should check out the rest of Blue Ruin 1's Flickr; it's amazing.)

Naomi no Kimono Asobi has valiantly translated the caption to find that it translates as follows: "Edo Age - Kyoto woman dressed in fine clothes, younger daughter of townhouse." So, this is in fact a re-enactment of earlier dress of the merchant classes, probably for the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages). "The Machiya of Kyoto are traditional Townhouses dating from the Edo period (1603–1867). Born out of the city’s growing merchant class, they functioned as both residences and workspaces…

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an old painting shows people walking down the street in front of buildings with signs on them

THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADYUTAGAWA HIROSHIGE I (1797–1858), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURYFOUR PRINTS FROM THE SERIES ONE HUNDR

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