The Pennino Collection, 64-75: Men at Work
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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CAPTION: A man working at his craft, possibly lacquerware.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Based on some of the objects in the room, it appears that the man is a lacquerware craftsman (shikki shokunin), but his actual work is obscured by the items on the table in front of him.
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CAPTION: A man shaping a ceramic container on a potter’s wheel.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: This appears to be a pottery factory as several men are working in a row. A year after these pictures were taken, in 1950, war in Korea would lead to changes in Japan’s economy. The heavy and chemical industries would begin to replace more traditional crafts, such as pottery and wood working, as a major part of Japan’s economy.
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CAPTION: A man painting a design on a Japanese lacquerware tray.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This appears to be the same room from picture, ‘Craftsman 1′. Today Japanese lacquerware is regarded as a traditional craft. Some lacquerware dishes and trays are for everyday use while others are for special occasions. Traditional lacquerware is now very expensive and imitations made of plastic are often used at home.
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CAPTION: A shirtless man shaping a wooden plate.
ADDITIONAL INFO: It appears as though the man is using a wood lathe to shape wooden plates. To the man’s left are stacks of finished plates, and in the rear are stacks of wood ready for shaping.
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CAPTION: An American boy looks on as factory workers work on ceramic plates.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The boy in this photo looks like the same boy from the photo, “Temple and Playground.” The workers may be glazing or washing the ceramic plates before firing.
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CAPTION: Fishermen (ryōshi) take care of two huge bamboo baskets, used to catch fish from the ocean.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Using baskets to catch fish is one of the traditional fishing techniques in Japan. But bamboo baskets are rarely used today.
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CAPTION: Two suntanned men–probably fishermen–pose for the camera in front of three huge bamboo baskets.
ADDITIONAL INFO: These two men are the same ones in the photo, ‘Fishermen 1′ above.
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Photo ID 71
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Men at the Seashore 1
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CAPTION: Near the seashore a man in a happi coat carries two baskets using a bar, which is usually called “mokko katsugi” in Japanese.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Wood and other debris are in the baskets. It is not easy to guess what he is – a farmer, or a fisherman.
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Photo ID 72
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Men at the Seashore 2
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CAPTION: Near the seashore, a suntanned man is checking something in his bamboo basket.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: It is unknown where the three ‘Man at the Seashore’ photos were taken, but the shoreline in the background of these photos looks somewhat similar to the shoreline in the Shonan area, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Photo ID 73
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Men at the Seashore 3
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CAPTION: The same man again, but at a distance, revealing more of the landscape.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The landscape may remind the viewer of Ozu Yasujiro’s films that were shot in Kanagawa.
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CAPTION: A man wearing a wattle hat sawing a log.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: This man might be a ship carpenter (funadaiku) or a worker at a sawmill (seizaijo). Before the war, Japanese cities were mainly built of wood. After the war Japanese city planners hoped to rebuild with brick and concrete, but the lack of these materials and the demand to quickly rebuild the cities led to Tokyo and other cities being rebuilt with vast stretches of wooden homes and buildings. |
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CAPTION: Two men sawing logs for construction.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This is another view of the sawmill. These men might have been ship carpenters. Sand covers the ground, and the far back in the right side looks like a bank facing a seashore. If so, these photos of Carpenter could be taken when the photos of “Fishermen 1 and 2″ and “Man at the Seashore 1, 2, and 3″ were shot.
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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
