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Priests

Priests

This Yokohama photograph is entitled (in pen), Priests- Buddhists and shows two young priests. The studio backdrop suggests that it was taken by Stillfried in the early Meiji Period.==Date:about 1870, Place:unknown, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐72‐0]

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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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A priest and his disciples

A priest and his disciples

This photograph by Kashima Seibei bears the English title Buddhist Priests. The old priest is sitting on the chair performing a service, and the two young apprentices at his side are holding Buddhist utensils.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kajima Seibei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐24‐0]

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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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Priests facing each other

Priests facing each other

This is one of the photographs in the 1876 album by Stillfried. It shows two Buddhist priests in official attire. The tatami mats and fusuma doors suggest that this was taken in a temple. Early Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐23‐0]

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A monk with a begging bowl

A monk with a begging bowl

This business card-sized photograph of Buddhist priests is mounted on paper of unknown origin. The priests are dressed as mendicants and appear to be women. They are wearing amigasa hats and straw sandals. There is a house with a latticed window behind them.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐81‐0]

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Priests

Priests

This is a collotype photograph by Tamamura Kozaburo from a Yokohama album. The English title is written in pen and says, Priests. The photograph shows priests praying with prayer beads. The models appear to be women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐8‐0]

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Priests

Priests

This is a collotype photograph by Tamamura Kozaburo from a Yokohama album. The English title is written in pen and says, Priests. This photograph was staged at a photograph studio. The older priest is holding juzu beads and a hossu brush, while the younger one is holding a fan and a juzu.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number68‐2‐0]

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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 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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IWAMOTO GOZEN,LORD

IWAMOTO GOZEN,LORD

Carried on page 79 of the July 17, 1872 edition of The Far East. This person is the brother of a feudal lord who is a Shinto priest at Enoshima. He is 85 years old, and manages a hotel. He asked what the purpose of the photo was and agreed to be photographed when told that it would be a memento after his death.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐57‐0]

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