Japanese Showa Town Street Cleaning Photograph Vtg Road Daily Life Sepia PH195 animals Kanji meanig: spring

Kanji meanig: spring

Crack in bowl

9 cm wide x 2 cm tall (design is approx

January 25th

This is a vintage Japanese Hokkaido Ainu wood-carving pair of large Nipopo dolls

Japanese Showa Town Street Cleaning Photograph Vtg Road Daily Life Sepia PH195 animals Kanji meanig: springVintage Japanese Town Street Cleaning Photograph This is a vintage Japanese sepia tone Showa era photograph of people coming together to clean and repair roads in a small town. Roads were not paved, so perhaps once a year, communities would use hoes and rakes to remove stones and repair holes and uneven ground (the men), and the women and children would assist by sweeping up any debris into open sided baskets. Some neighborhoods today still gather