Met's Online Photo Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art released some 400,000 photographic images for non-commercial use in 2014. Among the these are some excellent photos from the late Edo and early Meiji Periods. It's definitely worth perusing.

Olga de Meyer Sitting on the Porch of a Japanese House
Date: 1900s–1910s

Photographer: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1949 Los Angeles, California)

Shrine with Monumental Statue of Buddha
Date: 1890s

Photographer: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1949 Los Angeles, California)

Japanese Woman in Traditional Dress Posing Outdoors
Date: 1870s

Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)

Date: 1860s–90s

Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841–1934)
Artists: K Tamamura (Japanese), Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839–1911), and Felice Beato (British (born Italy), Venice 1832–1909 Luxor, Egypt)

A Japanese Woman and a Japanese Boy in Traditional Dress
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s

Street Minstrel

Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki

Date: 1870s

La Toilette
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s

Mutsuhito, The Emperor Meiji
Photographer: Kyuichi Uchida (Japanese, 1846–1875)
Date: 1872

Tea House waitress

Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s

Geisha Girls
Photographer: Unknown
Date: ca. 1880