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The Fallaize Collection.

Japanese and Korean portraits.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a fan, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.

Three young women posing in a photographic studio, one seated on a bench, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a plain backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, in front of a curtained backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a flower, in front of a painted backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, leaning on the back of a chair holding a flower, in front of a curtained backdrop.

Two young women posing in a photographic studio, holding a flower between them, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.

A young sumo wrestler posing in a photographic studio, wearing a richly decorated apron, in front of a painted backdrop.

A young sumo wrestler posing in a photographic studio, wearing a richly decorated apron, in front of a plain backdrop.

Two boys in a photographic studio, one seated on a chair, in front of a curtained backdrop.

A family portrait in a photographic studio.

A large family group in a photographic studio, the women seated, in front of a painted backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a fan, in front of a curtained backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a fan, in front of a painted backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a bunch of flowers, in front of a painted backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, seated in front of a plain backdrop.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain backdrop.

An elderly woman posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain background.

An infant wearing a decorated robe, being held up by an unseen adult, in front of a plain backdrop.

An infant, wearing a decorated gown, being held up by an unseen adult, in front of a plain backdrop.

A young man posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a painted background.

A young man posing in a photographic studio in front of a plain background.

A man posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain background.

A young man posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain background.

A Buddhist monk posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain background.

A young woman posing in a photographic studio, seated, in front of a plain background.

A Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan in the costume of Yaegaki Hime (Princess Yaegaki), holding a lantern, in a photographic studio in front of a plain background.

A Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan in the costume of Yaegaki Hime (Princess Yaegaki) in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background.

An actor posing as a samurai warrior (?) in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background. Photograph by S. Moriyama, ca.1900.

A Korean (?) woman, carrying a baby on her back.

A child posing in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio.

A group of people eating a meal, seated behind a small table, in front of a painted screen.

A line of sedan chairs waiting beside a railway track, in Korea.

Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea.

A line of shops beside a dusty street, with telegraph poles overhead, in Korea.

A Korean woman, carrying a metal bowl on her head.

A young Korean woman, sitting in a photographic studio.

A young Korean woman, standing in a garden.

A young Korean woman, standing in a photographic studio.

A young Korean woman, standing in a photographic studio in front of a painted backdrop.

Women, standing beside a rock-lined channel, washing clothes.

A Ruskinian gothic building, overlooking a garden, with a flagpole flying the Union Flag.

A temple building in a rural landscape, with a ancient stone bridge and a modern metal one.

A pavilion building with pagoda style roofs, in a rural setting.

A pavilion building with a pagoda style roof, in a rural setting, a metal bridge in the distance.

A parkland path with many pavilions among the trees.

A young woman wearing a plain robe and a tasselled hat, standing in front of a painted screen.

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A young woman wearing a plain robe and a tasselled hat, standing in front of a painted screen.

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