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- Shamisen crafter with a customer
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Rural worker carrying his tools
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Yakuza showing his tattoos
- Date Created
- 1909
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- 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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- Rural farmer
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The man in this picture is wearing a straw raincoat, as well as the other traditional attire of a rural farmer. In his left hand, he holds a plant and what looks like a hoe. The other hand is carrying a container.
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- Two traveling female performers
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The woman on the left is carrying a Shamisen, while the woman on the right is holding a Kokyu.
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- A man carrying his goods to a shop
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The man has a large variety of goods strapped to his cart. There are hand woven baskets as well as wooden containers and ladles.
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- Two women getting water at a well
- Date Created
- 1909
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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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- Farmers planting their crop
- Date Created
- 1909
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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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- Street vendor posing for a photo
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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A street vendor carrying his container over his shoulder. The threadbare nature of his clothing supports this conclusion. Japan's national flag is supported on the back end of his container, and a bell is dangling from his left hand.
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- Two men getting their hair styled
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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A public hair styling experience.
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- Three men carrying a woman in a palanquin
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Two female performers
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The woman on the right is holding a Shamisen, while the woman on the left is posed in a position as if she were about to begin dancing.
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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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- Three people bathing
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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Communal bathing was not uncommon during the early 20th century. It was often done together as a family, especially in the countryside.
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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.
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- 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.