Silk spinning

A spinning wheel is turned by hand using a combination of toothed wheels. Silk spinning was a traditional craft in northern Kanto, and by the middle of the Meiji era, some areas had developed it into a manufacturing industry.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐49‐0]

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