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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

jibadojo: The Samurai and his servant.

jibadojo:

The Samurai and his servant.

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my new piece on io9.com, on Japan's early (1880s) science fiction

(Source: jessnevins)

Women in Western fashion and their changing hair styles (SOURCE via Sepiachord)

Women in Western fashion and their changing hair styles (SOURCE via Sepiachord)

moniledebeaute: Kendô ou Voie du sabre, Extrait de l’album Views & Costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen, Yokohama, constitué de 101 photographies anciennes sur le Japon, d’après les négatifs du photographe Felice Beato et de l’atelier Stillfried & Andersen, 2e moitié du 19e siècle, musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet (Paris). Source

moniledebeaute:

Kendô ou Voie du sabre, Extrait de l’album Views & Costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen, Yokohama, constitué de 101 photographies anciennes sur le Japon, d’après les négatifs du photographe Felice Beato et de l’atelier Stillfried & Andersen, 2e moitié du 19e siècle, musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet (Paris).

Source

japan-photo: Summertime #3 Kôyô Kageyama: «Mogas in beach pyjama fashion», 1928

japan-photo:

Summertime #3

Kôyô Kageyama: «Mogas in beach pyjama fashion», 1928

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shinorenji: Ooishi Yoshio Kuranosuke of the Akou Roshi, the leader of the legendary 47 ronins.

shinorenji:

Ooishi Yoshio Kuranosuke of the Akou Roshi, the leader of the legendary 47 ronins.

(Source: trollception)

legrandcirque: Ainu man, Japan, ca. 1880.

legrandcirque:

Ainu man, Japan, ca. 1880.

hollyhocksandtulips: Japanese magazine cover, 1926

hollyhocksandtulips:

Japanese magazine cover, 1926

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legrandcirque: Manchu Prince Pujie Aisin-Gioro with his wife Hiro Saga on their wedding day. Japan, 1937.

legrandcirque:

Manchu Prince Pujie Aisin-Gioro with his wife Hiro Saga on their wedding day. Japan, 1937.

victoriasrustyknickers: Meiji Era Bathing Beauties on a Tub - Tinted photo published in Japan, most likely in the early 1900s  via Okinawa Soba

victoriasrustyknickers:

Meiji Era Bathing Beauties on a Tub - Tinted photo published in Japan, most likely in the early 1900s 

via Okinawa Soba