Famed samurai Yamaoka Tessyu, ca. 1860s.

Yamaoka Tessyu

 

India, 1953

James Burke, A Hindu holy man writing on a tablet next to the river.

Felix Bonfils, Syrian Muslim women in town dress, ca. 1880s.

Purana Qila, a vast refugee camp in Delhi, India, 1947. Unknown

Bed of nails

A fakir in Benares resting on a bed of nails, Varanasi, India, 1907.

Pray

Korean War. Korea, 1951.

Samurai

Japan, Baron Von Stillfried

 

Samurai warrior. ca. 1875

Hong Kong, Midnight

 Hong Kong,  Midnight, 1958, by Fan Ho

Iran, ca. 1880

A beggar in Tehran, Iran, ca. 1880 by Antoin Sevruguin.

 

An Onna-bugeisha, one of the female warriors of the upper social classes in feudal Japan. Unknown