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Small carving of a rat in black and white stone. Part of a set of calendar animals.

A red-painted plaque inscribed in gold with the characters 天官賜福 (tianguan cifu: The Heavenly Official Bestows Happiness). A charm used for good luck in China.

Large wooden percussion instrument carved in the shape of a bell, painted red, gold and black, typically used in Buddhist rituals.

A team of workers pack rice for transport into bales woven from straw.

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."

Sake shop. Turner's inscription: "Sake dealer -- sake is a kind of wine made of rice."

Interior of Sanjûsangendô Temple, Kyoto. The temple enshrines the thousand statues of Kannon (the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara) The photographer has labelled the print "H191. Idols in Sanjusangendo, Kioto." Turner's inscription: "1000 life size images…

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."

Entitled "Clearing and Rounding Rice" by the photographer, this image shows a team of people processing newly harvested rice.

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…