Flower-lovers under wistaria arbors, N. from bridge, Kameido, Tokyo, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Stereoscopic view, a hand-coloured print, showing people seated in an open-air teahouse above the water, shaded by wisteria blooms: 'You are out at the eastern end of the city in a park belonging to a Shinto temple dedicated to Sugawara-no-Micjizane, a Jap...
Inscription: Captioned and numbered 'Kanasawa. [?]87' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a Japanese teahouse at Kanasawa, overlooking the water.
Inscription: Numbered and captioned in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the teahouse, with waitresses seated among the tables in the foreground and a European figure posed with a penny-farthing bicycle at the right.
Where Shanghai's wealthy natives pass the time—Chinese tea house, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
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Interior view of a tea house, furnished with low tables with marble tops, square stools, glass lanterns, and mirrors. Inside, there are several men sitting around the tables. On the table in centre are two water-pipes.