[坂元商店 絵葉書アルバム 2] / Sakamoto Shōten Photo Postcard Album 2

The Sakamoto Store opened in 1905 by SAKAMOTO Einojō, who was born in Kagoshima. The store was located on the corner of the crossroad of Daimonmae Street and Kume Street in Tenpi, Naha City. Before the Battle of Okinawa, it was the only shop that created and sold picture postcards and other photography materials in Okinawa. This photo postcard collection contains Okinawan landscapes, railroads, Shuri Castle and other renowned spots of historical remains, annual events, dwellers, and flora and fauna of this region. As indicated by a photo postcard of Yonabaru Station of the light railway that opened in 1914, and a photo postcard with the inscription "Dedication of Ryukyu Cycad Palm (Sotetsu) in commemoration of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince and his visit to Okinawa, March 6, 1921” of this collection, these photographs were supposed to be taken during the late Meiji or the Taishō period.
1. Landscape of Okinawa, Futenma Gongen stalactites 2. Ryukyuan tombs 3. Ryukyuan tombs 4. Okinawan tomb 5. Plants of Ryukyu, líntóu (Chinese), Eran, Adan (in Ryukyu dialect) 6. Ryukyuan thatched house 7. Ryukyuan thatched houses 8. Landscape of Okinawa, Sugar production 9. assumed to be taken in a sugarcane market 10. Landscape of Okinawa, Itoman Town 11. Panoramic View of Hirara, Miyako (Tokushige store printed) 12. Naha City (4) 13. Landscape of Ryukyu, Coal mine in Iriomote, Yaeyama 14. Landscape of Ryukyu, Pier in Iriomote, Yaeyama 15. Ryukyuan custom, Entertainment dance before traditional dragon (haarii) boat race in Itoman 16. Ryukyuan custom, Entertainment dance before traditional dragon (haarii) boat race in Itoman 17. Animals of Ryukyu, Goat 18. Animals of Ryukyu, Domestic Pig 19. Ryukyuan custom, Bullfighting 20. Okinawan habitat animal, Habu 21. Plants of Ryukyu, Ryukyu Island pine 22. Plants of Ryukyu, Ryukyu Island pine 23. Mie Gusuku (Castle) 24. Ryukyu beauties 25. Ryukyu beauties 26. Ryukyu beauty 27. Ryukyu beauty 28. Ryukyu beauty 29. Ryukyu beauty 30. Ryukyu beauties 31. Ryukyu beauty 32. Ryukyu beauties 33. Ryukyu beauty 34. Ryukyu beauty 35. Ryukyu beauty 36. Ryukyu beauty 37. Ryukyuan custom, Female weaver 38. Landscape of Ryukyu, Coral reef 39. Ryukyuan custom, Inside of a Yūkaku room in Tsuji 40. Sachibaruzachi lighthouse 41. Plants of Okinawa, Adan leaves 42. Plants of Ryukyu, Gajumaru tree 43. March 6, 1921, Dedication of Ryukyu Cycad Palm (Sotetsu) in commemoration of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince’s visit to Okinawa 44. March 6, 1921, Dedication of Ryukyu Cycad Palm (Sotetsu) in commemoration of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince’s visit to Okinawa 45. Plants of Ryukyu, Fountain Palm 46. Plants of Ryukyu, Agave 47. Plants of Ryukyu, Fukugi tree 48. Plants of Ryukyu, Mangrove 49. Plants of Ryukyu, Adan (with a strike-out line), Fountain Tree Forest 50. Plants of Ryukyu, White Lily 51. Plants of Ryukyu, White Lily 52. Plants of Ryukyu, Erythrina Variegata (tiger claw)