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China Silk Museum

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The Tang Dynasty gilt Karma tri-cobalt pestle silver 耻 vase on display at the China Silk Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, June 20, 2024.

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Sumo wrestlers marks year's end with rice-cake making

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (L) of the Miyagino stable marks the end of the year with a rice-cake making event to prepare for the new year after having the last practice of the year on Dec. 30, 2009, at the stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. Rice cakes, traditionally made by pounding steamed rice by pestle in a wooden mortal, are offered during the New Year's holidays.

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Coin marked James Hallett-Curer of All Diseases

Illustration showing the design for a coin marked James Hallett-Curer of All Diseases, 1795. HPG/8/6/12 Date: 1795

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Women preparing for a meal

The woman on the left is stoking a fire in a clay charcoal stove. The woman on the right is grinding something in a mortar with a pestle, her right knee raised. An iron pot is placed near the cutting board, and pieces of cut radish are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐46‐0]

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Women preparing for a meal

Four women are preparing a meal on a fancy mat made of rice straw. Many activities are portrayed, like cutting radishes on the cutting board using a knife, grinding with a wooden pestle while another person holds down the clay mortar, and washing in a wooden pail.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐30‐0]

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Threshing with a basket and a mortar

This is a scene of harvesting. A man pounds rice with a vertical pestle in a wooden mill. The rice hulls are removed to make brown rice which is then passed through a winnowing device to remove foreign objects. The woman is creating air flow to blow away the foreign objects.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐5‐0]

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Women working in the kitchen

Four women are working in the kitchen, cutting radishes, grinding with a mortar and pestle, washing in a pail, and wiping cups with a cloth. Each is involved in a different activity. A charcoal sack is visible in the far left corner.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐18‐0]

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Cooking women

Nine women show the many ways to cook, such as cutting Japanese radish on a cutting board, using a earthenware mortar and wooden pestle, and washing in a pail.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐45‐0]

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Sumo wrestlers marks year's end with rice-cake making

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (L) of the Miyagino stable marks the end of the year with a rice-cake making event to prepare for the new year after having the last practice of the year on Dec. 30, 2009, at the stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. Rice cakes, traditionally made by pounding steamed rice by pestle in a wooden mortal, are offered during the New Year's holidays. (Kyodo)