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Western Styles at Yokohama Port

Western Styles at Yokohama Port
Men and women in Western-style dress gather at Japan’s port of Yokohama. This was one of the most important ports for trade with the West during the Meiji restoration, a revolution which began in 1867 and helped transform Japan from a feudal to a modern state.
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