Making unbrellas

Making unbrellas

This is scene in an umbrella workshop. The umbrellas visible here, called bangasa, were used daily by commoners during the Edo Period. The man is pasting sheets of fan-shaped paper called hiragami on the main frame. The boy on the right is applying shibu (persimmon tannin) to an umbrella.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐45‐0]

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  • ILEA000321820
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  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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  • Nagasaki University Library / Kyodo News Images
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  • Nagasaki University Library
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