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

Bride in Traditional Kimono

Who could guess that the young bride shown here in the heavy traditional wedding kimono and wearing a white head-band (it is supposed to prevent the growth of horns of jealousy) is a shorthand typist in one of the big Tokyo stores?
Caption and image taken from Werner Bischof's Japan.

 

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