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Two women posed as sleeping in the same bed. They are sleeping on one futon mat underneath a padded kimono. Around them are furnishings suggestive of domesticity: a folding screen draped with clothing, a chest of drawers, lamp, etc. Turner has added…

These two women are demonstrating a formal greeting in a staged scene against a painted backdrop. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labeled the print, "C29. Ceremony of Japanese.," and Turner has added the inscription, "friends meeting and…

Two girls are sitting at desks, copying hiragana (native Japanese syllabary) characters. The elderly man posing as their teacher is sitting on the right is sitting in front of a desk on which are books and writing tools. Behind them are a painted…

A shop selling a variety of children's toys. Visible in the scene are dolls, drums, swords, and rifles. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labelled the print, "D92. Toy Shop."

Small stone carving of a cannon on a wheeled base. The axles of the wheels are made of wood or bamboo. It was probably made in China.

This print shows the location of Tokugawa Ieyasu's grave (hôto, or jeweled stupa) within the Okumiya (Inner Shrine) at Nikkô Tôshôgû. The stupa built to enshrine him as a Shinto kami (deity) in 1617. The original pagoda was stone, rebuilt in…

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 image is labeled "550 Geisha Girls" by the photographer. It is be a staged scene with three women, one of whom is cradling a child who is looking at a book. the woman to the left is in a similar pose, holding except instead of a child she is…

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

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."