Maiko in Two Poses, 1900
‘A Maiko in Two Poses’, Japan 1900
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Kago Bearers Light Up, 1860
Kago Bearers light up kiseru pipes on a break from carrying a woman traveling in a Kago or hanging chair. Hand Colored Albumen Photograph, Japan 1860
Hemp Harvest, 1929
Taima Shukaku (Hemp Harvest) by Tomoyuki Shimizu in Japan 1929
Japan’s Beautiful Hemp Village, 1948
When asked how much hemp used to grow in this region one farmer responded by saying, “Do you see these rice fields?” pointing to the vast checkerboard of rice fields we’d been cutting and bundling, “before the war, we didn’t Read More …