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

Textile Workers, 1947

First spinning factory to open since the end of the war. It uses the premises of a former navy warehouse and employs women workers. In the photo an older woman in kimono and a younder one in Western attire. Dec. 8, 1947.
From: Tennō Heika: zail gojūnen (50 Years of His Majesty the Emperor). Nagoya: Chūnichi Shinbin Honsha, 1976.

 

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