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Makiya;Okinawa;Japan

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Coastline view of people fishing near the shore in Makiya, November 6, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-69
Scope and Contents

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Large group of men and women trying to catch fish in schools in waters offshore from Makiya, a village along the coast a short way north of Motobu peninsula. About 4 men hold a net and the others try to frighten the fish into it, apparently with little success."

Dates: November 6, 1947

Person harvesting rice with hand sickle, 1947

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: G-98
Scope and Contents

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: 1947