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Strolling flute players

Three komuso play the shakuhachi (Japanese recorder). Komuso originally means beggar monks, and they wore braided bamboo hats deeply over their heads, and had a surplice over their breast, playing the shakuhachi to travel all over Japan and calling at the gates for donations.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐19‐0]

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Chokugaku gate of Bunshoin Mausoleum at Shiba Zojoji Temple

The Chokugaku Gate of the Bunshoin, which is the tombplace of the Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu. Two boys stand in front of the Gate, and the one at the back is bald and wears a surplice.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐49‐0]

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A priest

A Zen priest wears a surplice, with a hossu to his side sitting upright in a chair. The portrait of a Zen priest is called Chinzo, but this photo could be called a Chinzo photo. The name of the priest is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐34‐0]

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A priest

Taken by Beato Written Japanese priest . A young priest wears a surplice in front of a temple. The same photo is seen in the stereo photos by W. Burger, and the location of the photo may be Nagasaki.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐23‐0]

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A priest

A Buddhist priest wears a surplice and priests hat and holds a hossu in his hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐24‐0]

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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 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]