Hand tinted image. A woman identified as Gertrude Bass Warner sits in a one-person wooden carriage, called jinrikisha. This carriage has two large wheels and is being pulled by a Japanese man wearing a round, wide-brimmed hat. She is wearing a hat and a long-sleeved robe with collar and trim. A purse is visible on her lap. Three individuals stand in the background next to a wooden dwelling that has a wooden banister, windows, and bamboo shade.
Hand tinted image. A child dressed in a robe and sandals peers from behind a wooden column. Next to the child is a hen with chicks. A wooden frame and two broken bowls are visible on the dirt ground in the foreground of the image. In the background of the image is a rectangular wooden frame leaning against a wooden fence, and what appears to be an entryway into a dwelling. The sliding door at the entrance has a partial shoji screen.
Hand tinted image. Two Japanese womenand one Caucasian woman, identified as Gertrude Bass Warner, kneel in front of two wooden tables in an interior space. Visible on these tables are teapots and tableware. The woman on the far right wears a kimono and holds a pair of chopsticks. The other woman kneels next to Gertrude Bass Warner also wearing a kimono and preparing food. Other objects visible in the image are mats, sitting cushions, and wooden trim on the interior walls.
Hand tinted image. Three men identified as priests pose in an outdoor setting. The men wear kimonos and traditional footwear. A man behind the priests holds a large umbrella over a priest wearing round eyeglasses. What appears to be a small shrine can be seen to the right of the men. Flower petals cover the ground. The location is probably Japan.
Black and white image. Tow Japanese women : one woman kneels in front of a round mirror, which shows her reflection, as another woman styles her hair. Both womenare dressed in kimonos . Objects visible in this interior space are an iron kettle teapot with handle, braizer, shoji screen, tray, small teapot hanging scroll, and a entryway.
Hand tinted image. Two Japanese men carry a Japanese woman in a kago. The kago is made of wood. The woman passenger dressed in a kimono sits in the kago holding a fan. A part of the sash wrapped around the kimono is hanging down from her back. On the roof of the kago is a woven basket, umbrella, wooden sandals, and two wrapped parcels that lay on top of a blanket. The men carrying the kago are dressed in pointed, wide brimmed hats, pants, sandals, and loose, long-sleeved tops that are secured with a piece of material tied at their waist. The men each carry a long piece of bamboo. In the background trees and a low stone wall are visible.
Hand tinted image. A Japanese man and woman in an interior space are shown steaming tea leaves over a clay stove. The woman wears an apron, kimono, and a wrap around her head. A cord is used to tuck up the sleeves of the kimono. She kneels with a metal poker in front of the stove, adding logs through an opening at the base of the stove. The man wears a kimono and stands steaming leaves in a pot. Tea leaves are visible on top of a wooden table next to woven baskets. Also visible is a pot with a wooden lid on a clay stove next to a steamer and piles of bamboo baskets behind the man.
Hand tinted image. Two Japanese women and one Caucasian woman, identified as Gertrude Bass Warner, kneel in front of two wooden tables in an interior space. Visible on these tables are teapots and tableware. The woman on the far right wears a kimono and holds a pair of chopsticks. The other woman kneels next to Gertrude Bass Warner also wearing a kimono and preparing food. Other objects visible in the image are mats, sitting cushions, and wooden trim on the interior walls.
Hand tinted image. Two Japanese toddlers dressed in traditional Japanese attire sit on a bamboo bench holding chrysanthemums. Both children wear kimonos and traditional Japanese sandals called zori. Surrounding the children are potted chrysanthemums. Visible in the background is a painted studio backdrop.
Hand tinted image. A group of Japanese men walk down a dirt road carrying a shrine in a festival procession. The men are dressed in loose robe-like garments, hats, and sandals. Two men hold a thick rope that is attached to the roof of the shrine. On the top of this roof is a Chinese phoenix. Buildings, spectators, and paper lanterns are visible on the sides of the street. Large wooden posts are visible in the background.
