Old Man Farmer, 1870s
‘Old man, farmer’, hand tinted photograph by Felice Beato in Korea between 1871-1877
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Heavenly Hemp King Bust, 791A.D.
Ancient Heavenly King Bust (One of four Buddhist gods who watch over each of the cardinal directions of the world) found in Japan: “This sculpture has been made by superimposing layers of soaked hemp lacquer: hemp can be woven ( lower Read More …
Laotian Cannabis Market
“Woman buying marijuana at an open market in Laos. It cost $1.50 per kilo. She filled up her bag and then smuggled it into Thailand, where it was illegal.” Laos, undated
Peking Pipe, 1907
“Man smokes a pipe at the entrance to the tomb of Yung Lo” Peking Beijing, China – 1907 Photograph by Herbert Ponting
Sensimilla Shinobi, 1676
“…a successful ninja is one who uses but one tool for multiple tasks” -The Bansenshukai c.1676 Ninja scene from – Iwami Buyuden by Hirosada, (Act 1) 1855 Sensimilla Shinobi The Ninja’s of Feudal Japan were arguably history’s greatest assassins. The Read More …
They huffed, We puffed, Hemp held the House Down, 1698
Mr. Nakamura’s 300 year old hemp house in Miasa Mura, Japan. Built in 1698 They huffed, We puffed, Hemp held the House Down In 1698, let me repeat that, in 1698 Mr. Nakamura’s ancestors built his family house in Miasa-mura, Read More …