Samurai photo

Samurai wearing armor, late 1800s.

A collection of rare photographs of samurai presented by Daniella Dangoor is being exhibited at The London Photograph Fair. Most photographs purporting to be of samurai are actually not and were taken after 1877, when the samurai system was abolished. These images are of genuine samurai, taken between 1860 and 1877. The photographs in the collection offer a rare glimpse into a vanishing world

real Photo PostCard from about 1920

The Last Samurai - Some rare photos of Japan in the 19th century. - Imgur