Japanese artists at work in Kyoto, Japan. A Japanese farmer plows his land. A Japanese artist at work on a design for a color wood block print. The artist as he traces designs. He carves a design on the oilskin paper that has been pasted onto cherry wood. The carving is done with the aid of numerous types of chisels. A separate block is made for each of the various colors that are to be used in the final product. The artist carves the design.
A Japanese motion picture theater in Kyoto, Japan. A group of Japanese children play baseball outdoors. Other children stand as they watch the game. A man and two boys looking at Japanese movie posters. Japanese man accompanies the two boys to the cinema. The man buys tickets on ticket booth.
Japanese workers make fans in Kyoto, Japan. A worker shows a Japanese fan making method. The worker saws bamboo in short pieces and splits the bamboo into narrow stripes. He drills holes through each blade of the fan frame. The bamboo stripes. The worker bevels off edges and uses a wood chisel and a plane. He sands down and smoothen off each individual frame. The worker and the tools of his trade. The worker finishes the wood frame for a fan. He then places a shaft in the end of the fan and places finished fan frames on the ground to dry in the sun.
Two young women demonstrate the basic elements of the ancient martial art of Naginata using wooden weapons. They assume various classic stances and movements in unison. After the series of actions, they pose for closeups.
A funeral procession in Nagasaki, Japan. The funeral procession moves ahead. A woman carries a small box wrapped in a white cloth in which are the bones of the departed.
Dock activities in Beppu, Japan. A wharf in the inner harbor along the main street of Beppu. The wharf shows many fishing crafts docked in. Huge mountains surrounding Beppu in the background. Japanese workmen load wooden buckets on one of the several vessels docked at the wharf. A ship docked at the wharf. Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships. A hot spring pond in Yawata, Kyoto which has been reinforced with concrete and decorated by placing a devil in the center and one of the Buddha gods to one side of the pond. Sulpfur water boils and steam rises. A country road in the foothills above Beppu shows a Japanese woman pounding rice on a straw mat to remove husk from the kernels.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.