CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230530) -- BEIJING, May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor experiences image matting based on AI technology at an exhibition at China Science Fiction Convention (CSFC) 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, May 30, 2023. China Science Fiction Convention (CSFC) 2023 is scheduled to run in Beijing from May 29 to June 4. It is included as a sideline event of this year's Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) for the first time. Various events such as forums and sci-fi exhibitions are arranged in this year's convention. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

A funeral procession

A funeral procession

A funeral procession with the coffin borne by many people at the center on a bridge. Four or five river boats float on the river with rush matting. Men wearing scarves over their heads carry goods to the boats using balancing poles with baskets. On the other side of the river is gathered lumber.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐36‐0]

Shinto priests

Shinto priests

This photograph, taken from just outside the torii gate of a shrine, shows Shinto priests conducting a religious ritual, Elderly priests wearing formal robes face each other. An irimoya-style altar has been installed in front of the shrine. A koan with a small altar on top is placed on the straw matting. The location is not known.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐13‐0]

Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

The boat is probably the cargo vessel of the time, the Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored with a straw matting. Tagonoura was a port of the Edo era for Sengokubune (junk boats with capacity for one thousand koku of rice) of the Shogunate that came in and out from Kashima, a territory of the Shogunate. The shadow of the wooden bridge is beautiful. * A photo taken from the same angle is included in the book edited by Ozawa Kenji The End of the Bakufu and Meiji in Pictures , entitled Mt.Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei album ( p.67).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐1‐0]