Spinning

Spinning

A woman with a hair cover in anesan-kaburi style is spinning thread on a spinning wheel. The shoji screens suggest that it is a workshop. A mat is spread on the tatami floor, but the seams are not visible.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐17‐0]

A maiko on jinrikisha and women relaxing at a teahouse

A maiko on jinrikisha and women relaxing at a teahouse

A kimono-clad woman is riding a jinrikisha (rickshaw). The short-haired rickshaw man holding the bar is wearing a head towel, sacerdotal robe, long underwear and heavy cloth socks. Three women are relaxing on a bench nearby, while another is standing. The latter is wearing an anesan kaburi head cloth. A large residence is visible behind a cluster of trees.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐168‐0]

The women at a teahouse

The women at a teahouse

A waitress is serving tea to female customers at a tea house. The waitress has her kimono sleeves pulled up with a cord to enable free movement of her arms. She has a hand towel covering her head in anesan-kaburi fashion. The pine tree at the store front has very impressive branches.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐22‐0]

Women picking oysters

Women picking oysters

Two women fish for oysters covering their heads with a cloth (Anesan kaburi) at the beach. The woman to the left holds a basket in her left hand and has her right hand in the sea. The woman to the right watches the woman at work from the back. Boats can be seen in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐67‐0]

Woman holding an umbrella and another in anesan-kabiri,headdress of a towel

Woman holding an umbrella and another in anesan-kabiri,headdress of a towel

Two young women act out a walk in the mountains. One wears a kimono and hakama (divided skirt for formal wear), with a bamboo basket in her right hand, a Japanese umbrella in her left hand, and a towel over her neck. The other has tied her hem up and holds a cherry branch in her hand and a towel over her head.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐21‐0]