Humane Hemp
“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.” -William Blake 1920 ‘Buddhist Flapper’ in themed photoshoot Humane Hemp In Japan, hemp Read More …
Tag: Japan
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 …
Geisha’s Smoke Break, 1900
Geisha re-lighting her pipe from an ember pot. The pipe is called a “Kiseru”. Ca.1900-10 late Meiji-era
Experimental Japanese Hemp, 1901
Japanese hemp grown in a field at the Agricultural experiment station, Lexington, Kentucky 1901