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Woman playing a koto
A woman posed as if playing koto (zither). Behind her are three other stringed instruments. To the extreme right of the koto is an arrangement of tea ceremony utensils.
A flower arrangement and hanging scroll are in the background.
A flower arrangement and hanging scroll are in the background.
Woman spinning silk
A woman spins silk on a manual wheel in a posed studio picture. In the foreground are a mass of cotton wool, a tobacco pipe, and a smoking box. Turner has added the inscription "She layeth her hands to the spindle," a Biblical quotation (Proverbs…
Two women sharing a bed
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…
Two girls at writing practice
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…
Three women and a girl
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…
Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow
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…
Morning prayer of Buddhist priest
Labelled "Morning prayer of budhist's priest [sic]" by the photographer, this image shows a priest seated in front of a r altar.
Funeral procession
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…
"Buddhist Priests"
The photographer has labeled the print, "J7I. Buddhist Priests.," and Turner has added the inscription, "These are begging pilgrims."
"Pilgrims"
People dressed as itinerant clerics pose with a Buddhist portable shrine. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labelled the print, "C98. Pilgrims."