Iheya-shima;Okinawa;Japan
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Children gathered around a reconnaissance jeep, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The crowd of Okinawans, mostly boys, gathered around the jeep used for a little reconnaissance field work on Iheya Shima, some 20 miles west of the north end of Okinawa."
Farmers plowing and preparing rice paddies, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Preparing the rice paddies (tamboes) for the new crop of transplanted seedlings near the village of Gakiya, Iheya Shima. There is a bull and a wooden plow in one of the near paddies, and barefoot people generally."
Farmers pulling rice seedlings, 1947
Agricultural workers pulling rice seedlings to transplant to the rice paddies or "tamboes." Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The pulling of rice seedlings from the beds for transplanting to the "tamboes" where the crop is grown to maturity. Work is normally done by barefoot women and girls with few men. Clumps of seedlings have from 20 to 30 plants held together by mud."
Farmers transplanting rice seedlings, 1947
Agricultural workers transplanting rice seedlings to the rice paddies, or "tamboes." Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The transplanting of rice seedlings to the 'tamboes' near the village of Gakiya, Iheya Shima."
Farmers transplanting rice seedlings with a wooden frame, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The transplanting of rice seedlings with a wooden frame to ensure even spacing of the plants. This work is usually done by women and girls, as shown here, near the village of Gakiya, Iheya Shima."