Papier-mache sheep manufactured in Fukushima Pref.

Papier-mache sheep manufactured in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - Manufacturing of papier-mache sheep is at its peak at an artisan village in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2014, as 2015 falls on the Year of the Sheep. Nearly 2,000 paper sheep are expected to be made by late January 2015.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001210322
  • Registered date
  • 2014/11/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2880 × 2101 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 485.34(KB)*
  • Special instruction

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