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刺繡 Embroiderers at Work Kyoto · By 1907 (Meiji era)
留萌港に於ける鯡漁刺網の景 Herring Gillnet Fishing at Rumoi Harbor Rumoi, Hokkaido · By 1910 (Meiji era)
雛祭 Doll Festival By 1910 (Meiji era)
劇踊 Theatrical Dance By 1910 (Meiji era)
五月幟 Carp Streamers for Boys' Day By 1910 (Meiji era)
茶ノ湯 Tea Ceremony By 1910 (Meiji era)
京都加茂川納涼 Summer Evening on the Kamo River, Kyoto Kyoto · By 1910 (Meiji era)
假武者 Posing as Warriors of Old By 1910 (Meiji era)
茶摘 Tea Picking Uji, Kyoto · By 1910 (Meiji era)
能樂 Noh Drama By 1910 (Meiji era)
彈琴 Playing the Koto By 1910 (Meiji era)
挿花 Ikebana (Flower Arranging) By 1910 (Meiji era)
菊花壇 Chrysanthemum Display By 1910 (Meiji era)
醬油、味噌、溜の陳列 Display of Soy Sauce, Miso and Tamari Tsurumai Park, Nagoya, Aichi · 1910 (Meiji era)
林産物の陳列 Display of Forest Products Tsurumai Park, Nagoya, Aichi · 1910 (Meiji era)
種子の陳列 Display of Seeds Tsurumai Park, Nagoya, Aichi · 1910 (Meiji era)
呉服の陳列 Display of Kimono Fabrics Tsurumai Park, Nagoya, Aichi · 1910 (Meiji era)
製作品の陳列 Display of Manufactured Goods Tsurumai Park, Nagoya, Aichi · 1910 (Meiji era)
雜種栗毛牝　喜初號 Crossbred Chestnut Mare 喜初號 Chiba · By 1911 (Meiji era)
長崎風頭凧揚の賑ひ Kite Flying on Kazagashira, Nagasaki Nagasaki · By 1914 (Taisho era)
相馬野馬追行列 Mounted Procession, Soma Nomaoi Soma, Fukushima · By 1914 (Taisho era)
農業ノ二（蚕種） Agriculture, Part 2 (Silkworm Eggs) 1914 (Taisho era)
染織工業（羽二重） Dyeing and Weaving Industry (Habutae Silk) 1914 (Taisho era)
飲食品ノ二 Food and Drink, Part 2 1914 (Taisho era)
鹽田（竹原名勝写真帖のページ） Salt Fields (A Page from an Album of Famous Places in Takehara) Takehara, Hiroshima · By 1916 (Taisho era)
九十九里浜の鰯漁 Sardine Fishing at Kujukuri Beach Kujukuri, Chiba · By 1918 (Taisho era)
那覇市場の光景 Market Scene in Naha Naha, Okinawa · By 1918 (Taisho era)
ポンペイの廢墟（伊國） The Ruins of Pompeii (Italy) Pompeii, Italy · By 1922 (Taisho era)
宇和島市船大工町　伊豫釀造株式會社 Iyo Jozo Company, Funadaikumachi, Uwajima Funadaikumachi, Uwajima, Ehime · By 1922 (Taisho era)
第一會場正門 Main Gate of the First Venue 1922 (Taisho era)

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