Ibu;Okinawa;Japan
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Newly built thatched-roof house, July 26, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A newly built house in the village of Ibu, Okinawa. The roof, a new thatch beginning to fade from green but still smelling like new-mown hay, is made of young bamboo, and the walls are a wickerwork of bamboo canes. A small boy is standing in the shadow on the porch at the right."
Sorghum and a grass shelter, July 26, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Grain sorghum growing on Shioya loamy sand near the village of Ibu, Okinawa, with a grass shelter for a cow beyond the grain. Pandanus leaves show in the left foreground and there is forest on the mountain slopes in the background."