Item is a photograph of a woman wearing traditional clothing kneeling on a cushion. Reads, "WRITING A LETTER." Possibly by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura or Kimbei Kusakabe
Item is a photograph of seven young women (possibly geisha). Four are kneeling holding musical instruments; three are standing holding fans. Possibly by photographer Kusakabe Kimbei
Item is a photograph showing Professor Burton and Ōzutsu Man’emon also known as Taihō, the 18th Yokozuna, the highest ranked sumo wrestler, taken in Burton’s garden, ca. 1895. Reads, “Professor Burton and Taiho the Giant Wrestler.” Featured as Plate XII in Burton, W. K. Wrestlers and Wrestling in Japan. Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1895.
Item is a photograph showing a parade float surrounded by people wearing ceremonial dress drawn by two oxen in front of buildings. Possibly Tanabata Festival
Item is a photograph showing two women dressed in traditional dress against a white background with tea ceremony objects. Reads, "Ladies saluting. One calling upon the other."
Item is a photograph of a street scene with Kusakabe Kimbei’s studio on No. 7 Honchō-dōri in Yohohama, Japan, which he opened in 1880. The original title provided by Davidson was “Street scene with photo studio sign”.
Item is a photograph of a boat with two passengers wearing traditional clothing on a body of water. Buildings appear in the background. Reads, "PUBLIC GARDEN AT HIKONE NEAR OTSU."
Item is a photograph showing a woman in a kago (litter, palanquin) and two male kago carriers taking a rest to smoke. A woman holding a fan wearing kimono sits on a cushion in a kago.
