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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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- Bookmark from Kasuga Shrine in Nara
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Sailboat
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A river in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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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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- A large house in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- The severed heads of criminals at a watch post
- Date Created
- 1909
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- An estate in the Japanese countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A charm to protect against fire
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The charm was created to protect the bearer from fire. On the marker, it says Jadaiji temple, which may be the Jindaiji temple in Tokyo.
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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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- Buddhist temple guardian statue
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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These statues were though to ward off evil spirits and ensure the safety of the temple. In the very forefront of the picture you can see a man kneeling before the statue and box in front of it.
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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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- A view of Yokohama
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Bridge spanning a slow moving river
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Temple walkway lined with stalls and vendors
- Date Created
- 1909
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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.
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- Two women posing with a tea set
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Rural town next to a river
- Date Created
- 1909