Turner has added the inscription, "The great bell at Nara. It was cast in A.D. 732. Height 13 ft 6 in, Diameter 9 ft, Thickness 8.4 in." The photograph inserted at right shows two foreigners visiting a bell, to which he has added the inscription, "To…
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."
Interior of Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. The photographer has labelled the print, "382 Interior Chioin Temple Kioto." Turner has added the inscription, "Altar of a Buddhist Temple."
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…
View of buildings, canals, and a bridge in Osaka. Turner's, "Osaka, Japan--great commercial center. 2nd city in the Empire. Sometimes called the Venice of Japan on account of its numerous water ways + bridges."
This photograph was taken looking south from the north end of a shopping street in Osaka, Sennichi-mae into Dotonburi Lane. Turner has added the inscription, "Street scene in Osaka."
Part of the wall and moat of what became known as Osaka Castle, built under the orders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, beginning in 1583 and completed in 1585, on the site of the Ishiyama Hongan-ji temple. Turner has added the inscription, "Castle wall and…