A Japanese karyūkai hairstylist styling women’s hair into traditional Nihongami hair. A hairstylist straightens a woman’s long hair using comb. Hairstylist combs the hair at the back of the head to create a long loop underneath the topknot. Hairstylist combing the sides of a woman’s hair. Hairstylist creates the topknot while woman holds a metal frame in her head. Hairstylist adds a clip on the back of a woman’s hair. Japanese woman looks into a hand mirror to admire herself.
A Japanese hairstylist demonstrates the traditional Nihongami hairstyling. Hairstylist ties the topknot of a woman’s hair. Hairstylist cuts the styling string using her teeth. Stylist places a hair donut to make the topknot more voluminous. Stylist uses comb to neaten topknot into place. An assistant holds the girl’s long ponytail as the stylist adds hair extenders. Hairstylist folds and ties ponytail to make an elaborate hair bun. Hairstylist completes the look by placing a floral headpiece on a woman in kimono and Nihongami hairstyle. Japanese woman uses a hand mirror to check herself after the hairstylist added hair ornaments. Rear view of Japanese woman’s Nihongami hairstyle. Hairstylist uses a comb, rolling another client’s hair into a bun. A happy Japanese woman in traditional kimono attire and silk hand fan. A client with hair knots turns around.
Ruins in a Japanese city after Allied bombings of World War II. People pulling carts. Damaged and bombed-out buildings. Japanese people walk past debris. A burned train.
Snippets from various Japanese movies circa 1937. View of a Japanese coastal town . A Japanese man in western attire talks to his wife at home. The wife, wearing a kimono, looks away from her husband sadly. Cars driving on hilly road. A Japanese woman chatting as she sits between two men in the back of a convertible car in the countryside. A woman talks to a man smoking on a dock. She walks towards a docked cargo ship. Men and children fishing in the countryside. Cars and trains are seen moving on a bridge in the background. A man and a child walk past boats on the beach. The child avoids the waves as they walk.
Japanese Shinto pilgrims climbing Mount Fuji through a narrow mountain trail. More pilgrims carrying banners in rural road with view of Mount Fuji in the background.
Two Japanese repairing horse drawn-wagon. Damage done to telephone building. Completely demolished Asano house. Damage wrought to the ground surrounding the Asano house. Portion of the Asano house left intact. Garden of the Asano house.9 September 1945.