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Visitors at metropolitan underground discharge channel

TOKYO, Japan - People visit the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel on March 11, 2014, built in Kusakabe, Saitama Prefecture, to counter damage from floods expected to increase due to global warming.

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Metropolitan underground discharge channel

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look up in the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel on March 11, 2014, built in Kusakabe, Saitama Prefecture, to counter damage from floods expected to increase due to global warming.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Visitors look at photos capturing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the early Meiji period (1868-1912) at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Some 200 photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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(2)Kusakabe denied gold in women's judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese judoka Kie Kusakabe lets her head droop on the mat after being defeated by Germany's Yvonne Boenisch by ippon in the women's 57-kilogram quarterfinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 16.

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(1)Kusakabe denied gold in women's judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese judoka Kie Kusakabe lies on the mat after losing to Germany's Yvonne Boenisch (L) by ippon in the women's 57-kilogram quarterfinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 16.

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N. Korea's Hong takes women's 57 kg gold

PUSAN, South Korea - North Korea's Hong Ok Song, the winner of the Asian Games women's 67-kg judo gold medal, walks off followed by Japan's Kie Kusakabe, who settled with silver, after the medal-awarding ceremony at Gudeok Gymnasium in Pusan on Oct. 2.

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(2)Japan's Kusakabe wins bronze

MUNICH, Germany - Japan's Kie Kusakabe wins a bronze medal at 57 kg for women on the third day of the judo world championship on July 28 at Munich's Olympic Hall.

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(1)Japan's Kusakabe wins bronze

MUNICH, Germany - Japan's Kie Kusakabe (R) trips China's Xu Yuhua to her back with a crisp osotogari (big outside clip) to add a bronze at 57 kg for women on the third day of the judo world championship on July 28 at Munich's Olympic Hall.

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Scott, 3 others tied for Chunichi Crowns lead

TOGO, Japan - Australian Adam Scott hits the ball out of the rough on the second day of the Chunichi Crowns golf tournament on the Nagoya Golf Club's par-70 Wago Course on April 27. Scott made two eagles in shooting a 6-under-par 64 to move into a tie for the lead with Eiji Mizoguchi, Mitsutaka Kusakabe of Japan and Dean Wilson of the United States.

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Kusakabe wins bronze medal in Olympic women's 57-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Kie Kusakabe is all smiles holding the bronze medal she won in the women's 57-kilogram judo Sept. 18 at Sydney Exhibition Center. Kusakabe scored an ippon victory over China's Shen Jun in the bronze medal match. She lost on a 2-1 split decision in the second round to Spain's Isabel Fernandez, who went on to win her first Olympic title.

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Kusakabe wins bronze in Olympic women's 57-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Kie Kusakabe scores an ippon victory over Shen Jun of China in the bronze medal match in the women's 57-kilogram judo at the Sydney Olympics on Sept. 18.

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N. Korea's Hong takes women's 57 kg gold

PUSAN, South Korea - North Korea's Hong Ok Song, the winner of the Asian Games women's 67-kg judo gold medal, walks off followed by Japan's Kie Kusakabe, who settled with silver, after the medal-awarding ceremony at Gudeok Gymnasium in Pusan on Oct. 2. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kusakabe denied gold in women's judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese judoka Kie Kusakabe lets her head droop on the mat after being defeated by Germany's Yvonne Boenisch by ippon in the women's 57-kilogram quarterfinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 16. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kusakabe denied gold in women's judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese judoka Kie Kusakabe lies on the mat after losing to Germany's Yvonne Boenisch (L) by ippon in the women's 57-kilogram quarterfinals at Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 16. (Kyodo)

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The entrance to Mt. Nunobiki

The start of the trail to Nunobiki Falls taken in mid-Meiji Period. The hill on the right is Mt. Isago. Ikuta River runs between the two hills. The Medaki (Female Waterfall) is located at the top of the path to the left. This is the same as photograph #2821, only tinted differently. The composition featuring people posing in the midst of famous scenery as if for a commemorative photograph is typical of Kusakabe Kinbei.==Date:about 1885, Place:Kobe, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐68‐0]

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The Two Venerable Images of Buddha,Sensoji Temple

This is exactly the same as photograph #385 sold by the Kinbei Studio, which means that it was probably taken by Kusakabe Kinbei. Six children are playing near the Buddha statues. Other photographs show people sitting on the lotus bases, suggesting that these statues were a familiar and approachable presence to the common people. The tree in the background is a gingko tree said to be about 700 years old. The tree was designated as a Natural Asset of the City of Tokyo in 1930. Probably taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1878-1888).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐8‐0]

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Yokohama Club Hotel

Yokohama Club Hotel==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The grave of a foreign navy engineer

Gravestone of Albert Baker, a sailor on the British cruiser Grafton. The inscription shows that he died on December 25, 1896 at the age of 21. Although this is probably the Yokohama International Cemetery, the gravestone cannot be found today. This photograph was taken by Kusakabe Kinbei, a prominent Yokohama commercial photographer of the time.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐17‐0]

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The lotus moat of the Imperial Palace

Hasuike (Lotus Pond) Moat between Honmaru and Koyozan. The height of the stone wall on the left indicates that the Honmaru Palace is on that side and therefore that this is a view of Hasuike-mon looking southeast from Shita-mon at Koyozan. Taken by Kusakabe Kinbei, probably between 1877 and 1887 (second decade of the Meiji Period).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐14‐0]

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Shinkoji Temple

The Great Buddha at Shinkoji Temple in the mid-Meiji Period. Like #2821 (Entrance to Mt. Nunobiki), #4893 (Entrance to Mt. Nunobiki) and #2814 (Nunobiki Medaki), this photograph was taken and sold by the Yokohama photographer Kusakabe Kinbei. One of Kusakabe's masterpieces, it caters to the foreigners' taste for the exotic in its deep perspective and balanced composition with Japanese buildings and Buddhist priests posing in front of the Great Buddha.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐30‐0]

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The entrance to Mt. Nunobiki

The entrance to Nunobiki Falls in the mid-Meiji Period. The path leads to Medaki (Female Waterfall) and Odaki (Male Waterfall). This is the current location of Shin Kobe Station (Sanyo Shinkansen Line) and New Kobe Oriental Hotel. This photograph was taken by the Yokohama photographer Kusakabe Kinbei. The number 1207 is visible on the lower left. The photograph from the original plate bore the caption 1207 NUNOBUKI YAMA KOBE. This is the same as photograph #4893.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐27‐0]

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Nunobiki Falls

This is Medaki Waterfall of Nunobiki. This photograph is assumed to have been taken in Mid-Meiji Period around the same time as the photograph #2827 and #4240, as the wooden bridge which surrounds the river and the teahouse were already built. As the caption at the lower right says '1208. METAKI WATERFALL KOBE', this photograph was taken and sold by the photographer Kinbei Kusakabe of Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐21‐0]

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Ferries,the Sumida River

Probably the ferry dock called Takeya-no-Watashi at Mukojima. Another photograph taken downstream shows these people at the same time. Stone steps descend to the river from where the man is standing in the centre, and the ferry dock called Terashima-no-Watashi is visible upstream. However, the boat depicted here is not a ferry but a yanebune (roofed boat) used for entertainment. This is one of the photographs in the album sold at Kinpei Photograph Studio, indicating that it was taken by Kusakabe Kinbei in the early Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐31‐0]

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Autumn tints of Takinogawa, Oji

The photographs of Takinogawa taken during the Meiji Period capture the beauty of the autumn colours. However, after World War II, the development of the residential areas changed the area upstream. The river banks were covered with concrete and the river started to smell due to waste water from houses. The local people launched a movement to protect the river, and finally the government built the Otonashi River Shinsui (Water Friendly) Park in 1985. Spring water is mixed with the natural flow and filtered. Thus, clean water is circulated in certain areas. Depicting the area under present-day Otonashi Bridge, this photograph was taken by Kusakabe Kinbei between 1877 and 1887 (second decade of the Meiji Period).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐32‐0]

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Kintai-kyo Bridge

The Kintai Bridge included in the photo of Kusakabe Kinbei's album, located in Iwakuni City of Yamaguchi prefecture. Taken slightly later than the photos numbered 37-21 and 37-74. The stones in the bridge platform is shored up with stucco to strengthen it.==Date:unknown, Place:Iwakuni, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐27‐0]

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Kobe Harbour

The series with number 39 was photographed by Kusakabe Kinbe of the disaster. This photo portrays the August typhoon disaster in the port of Kobe for domestic use.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐26‐0]

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Damage to Kobe Pier

The series with number 39 was photographed by Kusakabe Kinbe of the disaster. From 39-25 to 39-36 are photos of the disaster of the typhoon in Kobe harbour. It is the photo of August 1891 of the typhoon disaster.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐25‐0]

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Travelling in kago,palanquins along hakone highway

A procession of yamakago (mountain palanquins) and kumosuke (palanquin bearers) along the cedar path in Motohakone. This photo has been copied many times and is famous as the work of Kumosuke, but from the number of the negative in the first photo, this is believed to be by Kusakabe Kinbei. The pose suggests that the procession was arranged to make a souvenir photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐35‐0]

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Visitors look at photos capturing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the early Meiji period (1868-1912) at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Some 200 photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored. (Kyodo)

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored. (Kyodo)

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored. (Kyodo)

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan's Kusakabe wins bronze

MUNICH, Germany - Japan's Kie Kusakabe wins a bronze medal at 57 kg for women on the third day of the judo world championship on July 28 at Munich's Olympic Hall.

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Scott, 3 others tied for Chunichi Crowns lead

TOGO, Japan - Australian Adam Scott hits the ball out of the rough on the second day of the Chunichi Crowns golf tournament on the Nagoya Golf Club's par-70 Wago Course on April 27. Scott made two eagles in shooting a 6-under-par 64 to move into a tie for the lead with Eiji Mizoguchi, Mitsutaka Kusakabe of Japan and Dean Wilson of the United States.

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Kusakabe wins bronze in Olympic women's 57-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Kie Kusakabe scores an ippon victory over Shen Jun of China in the bronze medal match in the women's 57-kilogram judo at the Sydney Olympics on Sept. 18.