Au bord de la route: l'auvent d'un tchaї-khané [Russian Turkestan]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
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Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 82. View of three men posed in the shaded doorway of a roadside teahouse in Russian Turkestan. Precise location unspecified.
Studio tableau, showing 'A party of coolies making merry at a tea-house on one of the numerous festival days when all work is suspended and every one has a good time.'
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across a canal, with a boat moored in the foreground, towards the teahouse. Location unspecified, probably in Tokyo.
Common folk enjoying themselves. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of four men seated in a tea house: 'The group … represents four servants off duty - a cook, a house boy, a betto (groom) and a general utility man — the cook, who is an adept on the samisen [a guitar-like instrument], insisted on being represented with that ...