Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry rich reddish-brown finish

rich reddish-brown finish

Shunkei Nuri is one of Japanese traditional lacquer technique in Hida area

Item weight: 428 grams

Kanji meaning: tax liaison council in Ogaki

66 cm long x 42 cm wide

Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry rich reddish-brown finishAntique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate This is an antique Japanese photo glass negative plate. The picture is a group of people, men and women, with their backs bent to plant rice seedlings in a flooded paddy. Behind them is a crowd of people of all ages attending the event and watching carefully. This negative plate is a precious testimony of a rice planting community event in 1900s' Japan. Glass C1900 Item weight: 70 grams Packed weight: 270