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A priest and his disciple

A priest and his disciple

This is a loose photograph from a Yokohama album. Taken at a photograph studio, it shows a Buddhist priest with a kesa and formal head covering and an apprentice praying to a statue of Buddha. The makeshift altar looks crude.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐86‐0]

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A priest

A priest

This is a photograph from an album by Usui Shuzaburo. The caption written in pencil says, Japanese Priest. The priest is wearing a kesa robe with white tabi socks and is holding a hossu brush.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐22‐0]

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A priest

A priest

This is a photographs from a Yokohama album by an anonymous photographer. It shows a Buddhist priest with shaved head wearing a kimono with an opulent kesa robe and holding a hossu brush.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐49‐0]

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Priests

Priests

This Yokohama photograph by an anonymous photographer is the same as #2522. This may be a Buddhist service at a big temple. It shows a large number of Buddhist priests in opulent kesa robes surrounded by the faithful.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐48‐0]

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A priest

A priest

This photograph by Kashima Seibei bears the English title, Buddhist Priest. The priest is wearing the kesa robe of high-ranking clergy over a purple kimono. Behind him is a byobu screen with illustrations.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐15‐0]

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A monk with a begging bowl

A monk with a begging bowl

This photograph from the album by Kashima Seibei bears the English title, Begging priests. The priest on the left is wearing a kesa and holding a hand-held bell, while the one on the right is carrying an inro bag at his waist. ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐6‐0]

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A priest

A priest

A priest standing in front of a temple gate. He is holding a long fan and wearing a priest's robe and long kesa. This is a stereograph taken in Nagasaki by Wilhelm Burger. A photograph depicting the same scene was taken by F. Beato. Probably taken in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Wilhelm Burger, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐27‐0]

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Priests

Priests

This is a Yokohama photograph, possibly depicting a Buddhist service at a big temple. It shows a number of Buddhist priests in opulent kesa robes surrounded by the faithful.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐132‐0]

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Priests

Priests

This is one of a set of photographs from a Yokohama album. A business card-sized photograph, it shows a group of eleven young Buddhist priests wearing official kimono, kesa and white tabi socks. Some are holding fans, some are showing Buddhist mudra, and others have their hands hidden under their sleeves.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐55‐0]

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A priest

A priest

This is a photograph from a small Yokohama album. The woman is posing as a Buddhist priest at a photograph studio, wearing a kesa over a priest's kimono, white socks, and a cowl. She is holding a hossu brush.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐10‐0]

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A priest

A priest

This photograph from an anonymous Yokohama album bears the English title, Buddhist Priest. The priest keep his fan in the neck of his kimono when he is not holding it. He wears a kesa robe and holds juzu beads.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐49‐0]

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A priest

A priest

A Buddhist priest wearing a kesa (surplice) and holding a purifier.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐29‐0]

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A priest

A priest

A Buddhist priest holding holy scriptures and wearing a kesa (surplice).==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐18‐0]

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