Person harvesting rice with hand sickle, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "An Okinawan man harvesting rice with a hand sickle in the paddies near Makiya, a village north of Nago. The handfuls of cut rice plants are laid on the dike along the paddy edge to be gathered and taken home later."
Dates
- Creation: 1947
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Language of Materials
English
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