This collection of old “samurai” photographs, apparently curated by a foreigner, have been reposted on Hamusoku.com, and are getting Japanese netizens talking.
The source of the photographs is not revealed, but for the most part they show a bygone age, albeit a slightly later period than might originally be assumed. Most of the photographs appear to be hand-coloured prints — most likely postcards for tourism purposes — and are were probably taken in the early twentieth century — apart from those of Mishima Yukio, that is.
Hamusoku netizens enjoyed looking at the collection — we hope you do too.
From Hamusoku.com:
SAMURAI Photos (Lots Of Stuff Mixed In) Collected By A Foreigner
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Oh…A japaneezu varukirii [“Japanese valkyrie”; the netizen mockingly types this in katakana
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Huh?
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Looks like Maro (O_O)
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Not a samurai(for sure).
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His muscles are amazing.
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Isn’t that Mishima Yukio?
He has a really beautiful body.
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Mishima Yukio had such a good body.
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Is no. 6 one of those people who show up at tourist spots?
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Wow, the image of Japan that people have abroad is pretty different from the reality.
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Looking at Japan from a foreign country,
must have felt kinda like it was a small island across the sea where fairies lived.
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What the hell is Okamura [Japanese comedian from comedy duo Ninety-Nine] getting up to in no. 12?
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Thought No. 12 was Okamura.
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Kinda nice when the straightman Yabe [the other member of the duo Ninety-Nine] isn’t chasing after him.
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I thought that no.13 was a picture of a decapitated ghost…
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Makes me laugh to see Mishima mixed in every so often.
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Dude, you don’t need Mishima in here w
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There’s a real mixture here, more so than I thought.
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But wow, just think that there are so many photos remaining of this era.
Weren’t some of these taken in modern times?
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For the most part, these are tourism photos that were probably taken slightly later — you can see that if you look at the hairstyles in the photos.
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…I wonder if we have surpassed them.
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Nah, the thing is, these guys are cool! ww
