Stereo images of Japan of the 19th century

In the late 19th, early 20th century, a certain photographer T. Enami (1859-1929), using a double camera of his own design, created many 3D stereo images illustrating the Meiji period of Japan.

To view these pictures, a special device — a stereovizor — was required. And it was possible to observe the following phenomenon:

The stereo image consisted of a pair of similar photos that became voluminous when they were viewed through a stereoscope.

This effect was recreated using the “.gif” format, as in the photos below.







If anyone is interested, what kind of beast is such a "stereoscope". I add the description of the principle of its work:
Stereoscope is an optical binocular device for viewing "volumetric" photos. The principle of operation of the device is based on the fact that if you take a picture of a scene from two points located at some distance from each other (approximate distance between human eyes) and then arrange the resulting pair of pictures (the so-called stereo pair) so that one eye can only one picture, and the other eye the second, then the person will see a “three-dimensional” image.

Other photos you can see - pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan
T. Enami's website - www.t-enami.org