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- Employees outside a tea house
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Tea house with waitresses
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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Judging by the large quantity of women present in the building, this residence is most likely a tea-house or establishment catering to entertaining men.
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- A rural Samurai
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The Samurai in this picture is wearing a straw raincoat in addition to his swords and clothing.
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- Two women posing for a picture with their calligraphy
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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Two women posing with umbrellas and calligraphy.
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- Groups of people eating lakeside
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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A group of women are eating together by a lake. A group of men are in the background, and appear to be eating as well.
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- Fan crafter with a customer
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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There are two main types of fans in this man's shop. The folding fan - known as the "Sensu," and the hand fan - known as the "Uchiwa."
- Title
- Two women bathing and dressing themselves
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The two women are in different stages preparation. The one on the left appears to be applying various forms of make up to herself, while the one on the right is washing herself.
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- Woman carrying her child on her back
- Date Created
- 1909
- Title
- Woman admiring flowers
- Date Created
- 1909
- Title
- An elderly man getting his hair styled
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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It looks as if the man is getting his hair pulled back into the traditional Samurai hairstyle of the top knot (Chonmage).
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- Samurai bowing before their lord
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The important figure is stepping into a palanquin, about to be carried to his destination by his bodyguards.
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- Two women practicing calligraphy
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The two women are practicing Japanese calligraphy, or "Shodou," an art most saw as a signifier of refinery and nobility.
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- Three children standing in a garden
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A public park
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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What appears to be the entrance to a public park. If you look closely, you can detect the mixing of cultures. Some men wear the traditional robe, but also don a western hat.
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- Four women preparing a meal
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The four women are engaged in various tasks. The woman on the farthest left is grinding something within her bowl, while the woman to her right is dicing a radish. The two women on the right are tending a fire.
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- Two women preparing their attire
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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Two women posing in elegant kimono. It seems one is about to put a long shawl around the other.
- Title
- Two men attired as Samurai playing Shogi
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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Judging by their hairstyles and the manner in which they are dressed, the two men are either of Samurai heritage or imitating men of such. They are playing Shogi, a Japanese board game similar in quality and manner to Chess.
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- Two women posing with a tea set
- Date Created
- 1909
- Title
- Two women under a blooming Sakura tree
- Date Created
- 1909
- Title
- Woman in kimono posing
- Date Created
- 1909