This group of photographs was taken by Kawamura Photo Studio, Yanagida Photo Studio, and Sato Photo Studio in Akita Prefecture, Japan, and was taken between 1900 and 1915. Akita Prefecture, almost the same latitude as Beijing, China, is surrounded by high mountains on the south, north and east, the Okuba Mountains in the east, the Izuwa Mountains in the middle, and the basins in between, and the coastal plains in the west.
Snow is often found in the inland areas in winter, and it is one of the few snowy areas in Japan. The snow period lasts for 100 days in the inland basin, and the difference between the sea and the mountains is about 20 days. Snow cover ranges from 80 to 250 cm. Winter is a good time to brew Akita specialty sake (a kind of rice wine), and most of the Akita people stay at home.
They mainly eat foods that are easy to preserve, such as salted fish, pickles and natto. The Akita people are popular for making handicrafts indoors. The prefecture has abundant rainfall and an annual precipitation of 1,800 mm, which is suitable for growing single-season rice, and the agriculture is mainly rice, and the quality of Akita rice is excellent, and it is famous in Japan for its abundant production of famous rice "komachi". The third largest rice producer in the country and supplies the largest supply of commodity grain to major cities such as Tokyo.
Akita's place name was first compiled into history in 658. At the Battle of Sekinohara in 1602, Yoshinori Satake, the lord of Ota, Ibaraki Prefecture, was demoted to Akita because he had offended Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara. So Yoshinori went to The Castle of Tosaki, where the Ando clan was located.
However, due to the narrowness of the territory, in 1604 (Keicho 9), a new town was built in the yaraku forest (now Chiaki Park) and the surrounding area continued to develop as a street market. The Akita city system was implemented in Meiji 22. Akita Became a "Naka nuclear city" in April 1997 (Heisei 9).
The Akita Inu (あきたいぬ/アキタイヌ) is a Japanese national dog, a family pet dog in Japan. Akita Prefecture is the birthplace of the Akita Inu, and the northern part of the area is mountainous and winters are very cold. The Akita indie is a competent working dog and housekeeper dog, and villagers often take their dogs to hunt wild boars and bears, and the best skill of the dog is to help hunters find the prey that has been hit in the snow or water, and after retrieving it, give it to the owner.
In 1853, U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Perry led a fleet to knock on the doors of Japan. Since then, Japan has begun to accept a large number of cultures from the West. After the 1860s, photo studios began to appear rapidly throughout Japan and soon became popular. In that era, the act of going to a photo studio to take pictures was to prove that you had the courage to usher in the new era.
The development of photography is inseparable from the development of cameras. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's camera manufacturing industry has been closely related to the development of the economy. As an important part of the development of Japan's industrial era, the imaging industry has an extremely important position in Japan, and a number of companies have also made remarkable achievements in this field.
In 1873, Sugiura Opened a drugstore in Koniya Rokubei Shop in Koniya Koniya, which became the predecessor of the Konica brand. In 1879, the store was renamed Konishimoto, and it was mainly engaged in the distribution of cameras and printing machinery. Production of early cameras began in 1882. [Early twentieth century, Japanese photography. Source: Google】