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This is a scene of carpenters working on large beams for the building behind them. The photographer has labelled the print, "111. Carpenters.," and Turner has added the inscription, "Carpenters. Japanese pull the plane and saw."

A small sculpture of a rickshaw, probably made of tortoiseshell.

A carved stone teapot with rough decorations, very carefully designed. It seems like it might have been used for decorative purposes only because there was no residue inside the teapot. Decorations (e.g. the top) slightly damaged

A small stone carving with a flat bottom. On the top there is a deep well in the center of a circular disk. The sides depict robed figures standing in a pine forest against a backdrop of cliffs. It bears no identifying marks but appears Chinese in…

This print shows a detail of one of the carvings on the south side of the 220m corridor that stretches east to west on either side of the Yômeimon Gate at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Nikkô. This wall is decorated with twenty-five different single panel…

The object is a non-glazed ceramic lidded vessel with a grey and red smoke pattern on the lid which extends to the body as well. Overall, the vessel is very smooth. On the back of the lid, there is an engraving pattern with two characters, meaning…

This image is labelled "A conglomeration of views" by Turner, and appears to be a kind of collage of pieces from different prints. The number "126811" is printed in the bottom right corner.

Four boys, are shown crafting the braided bamboo hoops which hold barrels together. The boy in the foreground with a hammer is working on a barrel with one completed hoop. Unlike many others in the collection, this photograph seems to have been taken…

A cylindrical vessel made of white porcelain painted with pink, green, yellow, blue, and orange-colored glaze depicting a jovial Chinese official with a servant holding a large fan or shade. The shape is typical of containers used to hold writing…

Great Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura. There is a boy standing on the statue's hands facing the viewer and another person standing on the stone steps in front of it facing the statue. The photographer has labeled the print, "A 87…