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The woman on the right is operating a semi-automatic spinning wheel. The man on the left is sitting operating a smaller version of the same machine. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labeled the print "Spining silk," and Turner has added the…

A small statue of the male deity Daikokuten (Sanskrit: Mahakala) standing on a pair of rice sacks. His skin is black; he wears a mustache. In his left hand he holds a bag; his right hand is empty (he is normally depicted holding a mallet--this may be…

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.

Stone lanterns at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara. It is labeled "363 Kasuga Temple Nara," by the photographer.

Two men constructing tatami mats which were used as flooring in Japanese houses. The man on the right appears to be in the process of covering the frame with woven rushes. The photographer has labelled the print, "326. Floor mat maker.," and Turner…

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."

Modern Chûô-dôri, Ginza 4 chôme, around 1887. Visible in the upper right over the horse-drawn trolley car is the Kyôya Clock Tower. The photographer was probably standing near what is now the corner of Harumi-dôri and Chûô-dôri, looking northeast.

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

This print shows the Rikusho-no-Matsu ("sailing ship") pine, Kinkakuji, Kyoto. The photographe rhas labelled the print, "381 Pine Tree at Kinkakuji Garden," and Turner has added the inscription, "A pine tree of curiously trained branches."

Three coral-shaped sculptures made out of bone collected by William Patillo Turner in Kobe, Japan.