Harvesting tea leaves

Harvesting tea leaves

1875 - 1895

color prints (photographs)

Japan; Camellia sinensis (species); tea harvesting

This image shows a group of women harvesting tea on a farm. Turner has added the inscription "Most Japanese tea is shipped to the United States," and the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei)? has labelled the print "Picking tea leaves."

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