File:Identified! Japanese Komuso (虚無僧), monks - street scene, early 1900s (2464882703).jpg

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My initial question was "Why do these people have baskets on their heads?!" but all is now reveled thanks to the comment below. "They are Komuso (虚無僧), monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism (普化禪), playing their shakuhachi flutes for alms and meditation"

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by whatsthatpicture at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24469639@N00/2464882703. It was reviewed on 3 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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