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Basket, Buddhist rosary of brown wood and white and blue beads, and a pouch made of red silk with an elaborate embroidered pattern. The embroidery is typical of China.

A disc-shaped object with a compass in the center, used in feng shui calculations. The eight trigrams circle the center; the surface of the disc is covered with minute lines and inscriptions in red and black.

A lacquer box and lid, decorated with a tree in gold. A kisen (Japanese pipe for smoking tobacco.) Two brass pieces, one in the shape of a lotus leaf.

This is a bowing Korean doll wearing a formal orange hanbok with a headpiece and hair accessories. Her face is pale and made up with blush, eyeliner and lipstick. Two distinguishing features of this doll are the red dot on her forehead and the beauty…

Wooden Altar Box is in the shape of closet with two hinged doors. The character 金 appears in circular gold medallions on both sides of the main image. Decorative pieces of cloth are attached both to the side doors and the center. The main image is in…

This is a photograph of the pine tree of Kenrokuen Garden, in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. Turner has added the inscription, "Pine tree at Karasaki, one of the most curious in the world. Length of branches, from N. to S. 288 ft., No. of…

A photograph of Katharyn Martha Turner (b. 1897) and William Taylor Turner (1900-1996) in front of a namako-kabe (tile + plaster) wall. Katharyn is about 4 years old, William about one.

Portrait of Alice Mae Turner holding an infant Katharyn Martha Turner, standing in front of the shuttered windows of a European-style building. To the right appears to be a baby carriage. The handwritten caption at left reads "Katharyn and Alice…

Portrait of Katharyn Martha Turner (b. 1897) at approximately 4 years old, standing in front of the wall of a wooden building.

The photographer has labeled the print "191 Kasakamurijzo Nikko" and Turner has added the inscription "man worshiping" and below that "Wayside idols at Nikko."