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Street vendor posing for a photo
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    • Date Created: 1909
    • Description: 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.
    • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


    Group of farmers tending to their crops
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      • Date Created: 1909
      • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


      Two women bathing and dressing themselves
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        • Date Created: 1909
        • Description: 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.
        • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


        Four women picking plants
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          • Date Created: 1909
          • Description: It looks like the women are picking tea leaves. Less labor intensive then traditional rice farming, but still a difficult job.
          • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


          Elderly man with a bow
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            • Date Created: 1909
            • Description: An elderly man is posing in a clan kimono with a "Yumi" (Bow) in his left hand. The bareness of his left arm suggests that the man is a practitioner of "Kyudo" (Japanese Zen Archery).
            • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


            A rural Samurai
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              • Date Created: 1909
              • Description: The Samurai in this picture is wearing a straw raincoat in addition to his swords and clothing.
              • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


              Two women posing for a picture with their calligraphy
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                • Date Created: 1909
                • Description: Two women posing with umbrellas and calligraphy.
                • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


                Two men attired as Samurai playing Shogi
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                  • Date Created: 1909
                  • Description: 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.
                  • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


                  Five women on a bench
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                    • Date Created: 1909
                    • Description: Five women, dressed in elegant kimono's, sit astride a wooden bench. The picture is hand colored.
                    • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


                    Woman with umbrella posing in front of a mural of Mt Fuji
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                      • Date Created: 1909
                      • Description: A women dressed in a very formal kimono, is depicted holding an umbrella in her left hand. In the background is a mural of Mt Fuji and the Japanese countryside. The woman, a symbol for Japanese urban life, stands as a stark contrast to the background of nature imagery. Her kimono is hand colored in the image, as well as the flora surrounding her.
                      • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs