Street activities in Kyoto, Japan. Markets and an amusement arcade including early Pachinko machines. People operate penny arcades. People in an open air market. People near a cobbler shop. People buy from shops. They walk on a sidewalk. Street trams passing by. Women in kimonos.
Count Ōtani Kōzui, the 22nd Abbot of the Nishi Honganji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, with his family in Kyoto, Japan. Count Otani's family in their garden in Kyoto. Count Otani is the head Priest of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Mrs. Kazuko Otani, the sister of the Empress Teimei (the mother of Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa), holds a baby. Count Otani smiles at the baby. His elder daughter plays with the baby. Count Otani, his wife, three sons and two daughters walk along a path in the garden.
Buddhist temples in Kyoto, Japan. Three Buddhist priests walk towards an altar. Two priests carry a tray to the altar. A sacred Buddhist ceremony inside the temple at Kamo Shrine. Three priests walk along the courtyard of Kamo Shrine and walk out through the red painted gateway of the shrine. The main gateway to Kyoto. The main gate of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto shows school children going through the entrance. The main altar of Kiyomizu Temple shows Japanese people paying their respects. Pagoda in Kiyomizu Temple (1 Chome-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0862, Japan). Interior of the chapel at Saint Francis Hospital and School. Reverend Father Monfette at the altar performs the Catholic Mass. The Catholic priest having just ended the mass, turns to people, and gives the last blessing.
The art and crafts of Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese artist polishes an object with charcoal and coats it with red lacquer. The artist gives the final touch. The final polishing with Tonoko Clay. Lacquer products displayed are red coffee pots, wine cups, cigarette sets, trays with gold dusted base and fan design and a stationary box.
Various places in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. He uses a wooden plow and an ox to pull it. A group of Buddhists monks walk in a ceremonial procession across a bridge over the water at Chion-in Temple grounds in Kyoto. A wheat field and an irrigation well in the background. Streets and houses in Kyoto.
Japanese artists at work in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. A Japanese artist at work on a design for a color wood block print. The artist as he traces designs. He carves a design on the oilskin paper that has been pasted onto cherry wood. The carving is done with the aid of numerous types of chisels. A separate block is made for each of the various colors that are to be used in the final product. The artist carves the design.