Tōyama;Okinawa;Japan
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Children stripping rice kernels, July 17, 1947
Okinawan children putting rice stalks into a machine to separate the grain from the stalk. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The stripping of rice kernels from the straw with a "whirling comb" in a small treadle powered machine not far from the village of Toyama, on the south coast of Okinawa. Sheaves of grain are held against the rotating cylinder, made of wood and staples, and the cloth keeps the kernels from flying away."
Closeup of a basket of rice grains, July 17, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A shallow basket holding a little less than half a bushel of rice grains, part of which seem green, immediately after the kernels had been stripped from the straw. This was not far from the village of Toyama, southern Okinawa."
Southern coast of Toyama village, July 9, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Part of the south coast of Okinawa, with the village of Toyama and some of its rice paddies in the lower left, looking southwest instead of southeast from the point where Gl22 was made. The near plateau edge, the headland in the distance, and the mesas between are all capped by limestone. Upland slopes, largely in grass and brush but with some cultivated patches, are largely Regosols from calcareous clays."
Whirling comb machine used to strip rice, July 17, 1947
Portion of a machine used to separate rice grains from the stalk. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The cylinder of the ''whirling comb" shown in G103."