Hand tinted image. Japanese workers in a wooden-beamed interior space operate a machine utilized in the process of making silk. Multiple reels of silk are attached to the wooden machine. A Japanese woman worker who has her hair dressed in traditiobal Japanese style is visible on the left side of the image. She wears a padded vest over a kimono. Wooden objects are visible in the foreground of the image. Multiple people are visible in the background.
Hand tinted image. A group composed of four Japanese men and one girl, dressed in kimonos , sit in a shop tying bundles of silk. Multiple bundles of silk surround the group. Wooden crates are partially visible on the left side of the image. A black piece of fabric with a white Japanese character (fue = a flute)printed on its surface hangs as a partition in the background. Bundles of silk lie on top of a wooden cabinet (called Tansu) on the right side of the image. On the wall above the cabinet hangs a calendar.
Hand tinted image. Three Japanese womenare in the process of making silk. They wear kimonos and sashes called obi around their waists; they have their hair dressed in traditional Japanese style.The cords crossing on their backs are used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono. All three womenare in different processes of working with the silk on a wooden device. A big reel of silk is hung from the eaves, and small reels of silk are on wooden board and straw mats.Behind the big reel are a verandah and sliding doors, called fusuma, decorated with Japanese calligraphy-patterned fusuma papers. One big stepping stone is visible in front of the verandah.
