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22-27: Scenes from Daily Life
The Pennino Collection, 22-27: Scenes from Daily Life
Permission to use the Pennino Collection
If photos are used for non-commercial educational purposes such as use of the photos in class lectures, students’ presentations, and academic conference presentations, no permission is necessary. Please credit the photos with the sentence: “From the Walter A. Pennino Postwar Japan Photo Collection, courtesy of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.” However if the photos are planned to be used in books, newspapers, documentaries, films, and other forms of media and print, the users must write to the Center for Japanese Studies to request permission. In the request, please explain the topic and the type of media/print.
Send inquiries or requests to:
Pennino Photo Collection
Center for Japanese Studies, Moore 216
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-2664
Fax: 808-956-2666
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Photo ID 22
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Allotment of Rice 1
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CAPTION: Women and children patiently line up for their allotment of rice (kome no haikyu).
ADDITIONAL INFO: Rice distribution started in Tokyo before the end of the war since much of Japan’s distribution system was destroyed; rationing continued for many years afterwards.
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Photo ID 23
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Allotment of Rice 2
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CAPTION: People gather in front of a rice store with large bags of rice ready for distribution. A large rice scoop sits on top of the bags.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: On the glass door is written “Tanaka” in kanji and a rice mark. The poster says, “Koen to buyō no kai” (gathering for a lecture and dance) sponsored by the Totsuka shinko fujinkai (new association for women in Totsuka). The date and time are 9/23, 1 o’clock, and the location is the Totsuka Elementary School auditorium. Entry is free. The lecturer is Tomomatsu Entai. Each month he lectured on Buddhism in a more colloquial form to appeal to contemporary society. The dancer’s name is Uchiyama Kikue. Many towns are named Totsuka, and there is one in Shinjuku, Tokyo, but there is a more well known Totsuka in Yokohama.
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Photo ID 24
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Sweet Potatos for Sale
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CAPTION: Customers are lined up to buy sweet potatoes (satsumaimo) at an open market.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: The potatoes in the baskets look like satsumaimo, a type of Japanese sweet potato, which was a substitute for rice in those days. The sign behind the people says, “Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan (United Church of Christ in Japan), Aoyama Kyōkai.” There is an Aoyama Kyōkai, Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, according to some websites. But Aoyama is a common place name in Japan, so we cannot be sure this photo was taken in Aoyama, Tokyo. The advertisement on the telephone pole is for Seitō Ceramics Company. Above the company name the advertisement says that they make western plateware. At the base of the sign is a hand pointing to the left. Perhaps this is the ceramics factory from the other photographs.
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CAPTION: A woman carrying her baby is standing with a boy along side their home. Piggybacking is called “onbu” in Japanese.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Another once everyday scene that has since largely disappeared: women rarely carry their children on their backs but use strollers.
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Photo ID 26
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Men Waiting in Line
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CAPTION: These men look as if they are waiting in line for a job.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Unemployment was high after the war, but if there were jobs, they were in the cities. In the pre-war years, as well, men and women flocked to the cities to look for work, but fled from the bombings during the war. After the war they returned to find their old jobs gone. Many stayed on searching for work.
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Photo ID 27
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Gathering Wood
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CAPTION: An elderly man in a kimono poses with pieces of wood, which are probably fuel for heating or cooking.
ADDITIONAL INFO: His long beard reminds us of Meiji politicians or military generals, whose photos we find in history books. He was probably born in the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
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Permission to use the Pennino Collection
If photos are used for non-commercial educational purposes such as use of the photos in class lectures, students’ presentations, and academic conference presentations, no permission is necessary. Please credit the photos with the sentence: “From the Walter A. Pennino Postwar Japan Photo Collection, courtesy of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.” However if the photos are planned to be used in books, newspapers, documentaries, films, and other forms of media and print, the users must write to the Center for Japanese Studies to request permission. In the request, please explain the topic and the type of media/print.
Send inquiries or requests to:
Pennino Photo Collection
Center for Japanese Studies, Moore 216
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-2664
Fax: 808-956-2666 |
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