Coolies in rain coats [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 735 in the negative. Studio portrait of four men, dressed in grass raincoats, each holding a thick bamboo stave with a net for carrying loads.
Numbered 750 in the negative. Full-length studio portrait of a Japanese man, wearing a loincloth and posed against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene, seen from behind to show tattooing (highlighted with hand-colouring).
Numbered 683 in the negative. Studio portrait, against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene, of two swordsmen dressed in protective clothes, engaged in a bout.