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This print shows a man leading a small horse loaded with straw bales. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) titled the image "Carrying rice-bales on horse-back."

A man steers an ox-drawn cart loaded with straw bales. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) titled the print "Country road-side scene" while Turner added the caption "A load of charcoal."

Entitled "Steaming Tea" by the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?). Two workers lay out tea leaves onto long trays, while two others tend a stove used in the process of making sencha (steeping) tea.

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

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

The image shows five adults and two children working in a rice paddy. The photographer has labeled the print, "H56. Harvesting 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…

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."