Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the house of the warrior Koumangaiye, 'an officer of Yoritomo's who flourished some 694 years ago.' With a man seated in a rickshaw in the foreground.
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 ...
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the street, lined with wooden houses and shops, where the seventeenth-century English merchant Will Adams is supposed to have lived.
Gateway to Senga-kudji Temple, Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the gatehouse of the Sengaku-ji Temple, the building partly obscured by the two trees that flank the entrance. The temple contains the graves of the 47 Ronin shown in print 1 of this issue.
Genre: Architectural Photography View across the temple courtyard towards the stone monument: 'The monument at Kioto celebrated as marking the spot where Hideyoshi buried the ears of Coreans slain in battle.' (p. 40).