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An ink grinding stone made of black rock. The surface, which is damaged, depicts a jar; cloud motifs are inscribed in the background. The mouth of the jar is broken into two deep wells.

Handwritten title, "A typical Japanese garden or park." Photographer's title, "A 270 Garden of Hotsuta, in Tokyo." The garden is no longer extant. Mu

Small carving of a horse in red stone.

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."

A small copper container with a handle. The top of the container is perforated in order to let smoke escape.

A shop selling beauty products. The photographer has labeled the print "B1117 Toilet shop.," and Turner has added the inscription, "All kinds of ornaments for women's hair."

Photograph of the Uwajima County Office dated 1901 with mountains in the background. Appears to have been torn out of an album.

An image of a group of Ainu people from the island of Ezo, later renamed Hokkaido. Turner has added the inscription, "These are Ainos or Ainus-the aborigines of the Japanese islands. There are now about 17000 of them all living in the northern…

Labelled "J57. Jinrikisha (Carriage)" by the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?), this image shows a group of three women being transported in rickshaws (Japanese, jinrikisha). Turner has added the inscription, "Jinrikisha are used everywhere in Japan.…

This print shows the five-story pagoda standing at the entrance to Nikkô Tôshôgû, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. The pagoda itself was dedicated in 1648 by Sakai Tadakatsu, the feudal lord…