Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Shellfish Divers With Catch

"Ama women coming in from the dive with the shellfish in the containers." Photo taken by village photographer in the Izu Peninsula, late 1940s.
From: Bennett, John W. Doing Photography and Social Research in the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948-1951: A Personal and Professional Memoir. Portfolio 14, Image No. 298, http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/japan/2_14_photos.html (10 January 2006).

 

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