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This image shows four women playing different musical instruments: transverse flute, koto (zither), gekkin (circular lute), and shamisen (three-stringed instrument) In the background are other stringed instruments, a vase of flowers, and a hanging…

Photograph of three adults and one child (infant on bed). Handwritten caption, "Tadotsu." Date is approximately 1898. The photo appears to have been torn out of an album; the lowertear mark matches with the upper tear mark on the photo in record…

This print shows the front of the Yômeimon Gate at the Tôshôgû Shrine. The symbol of the shrine, the gate displays the craftsmanship and decorative techniques of the early Edo Period. There are 508 carvings on the gate and include people, animals…

A greengrocer and his family. The photographer has labeled the print, "C38. Fruit Shop."

A street vendor wearing a straw jacket selling produce from a set of baskets carried by a pole across his shoulders. Turner has added the inscription, "A street vendor of vegetables and fruit."

Turner has labeled this print as an image of "A funeral procession." An almost identical print located in the Nagasaki University Library and attributed to the studio of Suzuki Shinichi is described as depicting an important Buddhist memorial…

A smiling seated man with a frog on his head, holding a basket. He is dressed in a robe covered with feathers. His clothing appears windblown.

An old man sitting on top of a group of rocks. He portrays a calming and acknowledging expression. A black frog is sitting on his right leg which seems to be laid sideways and his other knee is propped up. Both of his hands are placed on top of the…

This print shows the five-story pagoda standing at the entrance to Nikkô Tôshôgû, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. The pagoda itself was dedicated in 1648 by Sakai Tadakatsu, the feudal lord…

Labelled "J57. Jinrikisha (Carriage)" by the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?), this image shows a group of three women being transported in rickshaws (Japanese, jinrikisha). Turner has added the inscription, "Jinrikisha are used everywhere in Japan.…