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This is an image of five farmers transplanting young rice plants to the rice paddy. Turner added the inscription "Setting out rice plants in June. Rice is the chief food of the Japanese. They raise about 220,000,000 bushels annually." The…

This image shows a group of women harvesting tea on a farm. Turner has added the inscription "Most Japanese tea is shipped to the United States," and the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei)? has labelled the print "Picking tea leaves."

This image shows a kabuki theater with a crowd of people looking at the advertising posters. Turner's inscription reads "A theatre--people looking at the advertising posters."

This image shows a boat with a single square sail. A small skiff is tied to the larger boat. The photographer (probably Kusakabe Kimbei) labelled the print "Japanese junk."

This image was entitled "G89 Temple, Nagasaki," by the photographer. It shows a Buddhist temple and cemetery (Honrenji). Turner added the inscription "A Buddhist Temple and cemetery."

This image was entitled "A view of Mogi at Nagasaki" by the photographer. It shows the port at high tide with small boats lined up in rows just beyond the shoreline. Turner has added the inscription "Some typical Japanese scenery."

An overview of the port at Nagasaki, labelled by the photographer "207 Nagasaki." Turner has added the inscription "The old Portuguese and Dutch trading port."

Possibly Nunobiki Falls. Turner has added the inscription, "A water-fall very near Kobe."

The foreign concession in Kobe. Turner has added the inscription "Water Street or 'Bund' Foreign Concession, Kobe."

This print shows the exterior of the Kobe Club (earlier called the Union Club or the International Club), a social club founded by British and Americans in 1869. The building shown in this photograph was completed in 1890. The photographer has…