Spinning Silk

Spinning Silk

Pitts Theology Library

1875 - 1895

The woman on the right is operating a semi-automatic spinning wheel. The man on the left is sitting operating a smaller version of the same machine. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labeled the print "Spining silk," and Turner has added the inscription "Silk is very cheap in Japan, and would be in America too if it were not for your high tariffs."

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Japan; spinning jennies; spinning wheels; sericulture; silk (fiber)

color prints (photographs)