IMAGES of life in the Far East at the end of the 19th and early-20th Centuries have gone on show.
Tea, Rice and Cherry Blossom, a photographic exhibition at Durham's Oriental Museum, features people going about their daily lives in Japan.
All are slides taken by early photographic technique, Japanese Magic Lanterns, between 1890 and 1911.
It portrays images of rice and tea farmers, a tea ceremony, working women and geisha girls, children at play, town and country life, plus early transport, including people being carried by rickshaw.
Tea, Rice and Cherry Blossom runs until June 29 as part of a Japanese season at the museum, in Elvet Hill, Durham. The museum is also staging a Family Japanese Fans' Workshop on Saturday, June 7, 2pm to 4pm. Admission is £1 and pre-booking is essential, on 0191-334 5694.
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