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- Doctor attending to a sick woman
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A man and five women dining
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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The gathered group of people appear to be eating either Udon or Soba noodles. The gender ratio is somewhat perplexing, but can most likely be attributed to the artificial nature of the picture.
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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 and a child siting below Sakura Trees
- Date Created
- 1909
- Description
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A small Gazebo structure appears behind the women.
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- Staged rickshaw accident
- Date Created
- 1909
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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."
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- 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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- Three women bathing
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Shamisen crafter with a customer
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.