1875 - 1895 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 ceremony http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/target.php?id=1764.
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