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Koizumi pledges steps to prevent financial crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, dressed in a Japanese haori and hakama cloth, holds a New Year press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 4. He promised to work to prevent a financial crisis, saying his government is prepared to take ''every possible measure'' to avert such an occurrence.

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A mother carrying her child on her back

The woman carrying a child is wearing a haori jacket. The fact that the child is wearing a kimono with a family crest indicates that it was some auspicious occasion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐71‐0]

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Women holding umbrellas

The woman on the left is holding a bangasa umbrella and wearing a long kimono with a black collar. The girl on the right is wearing a haori half-coat with an apron. She is holding a small umbrella in her left hand and a flower hair pin in her right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐42‐0]

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A family celebrating their child

The boys are probably brothers with their older sister. They wear haori coats and hakama trousers. The woman holding the younger brother on her knees is probably the mother and the woman on the right her mother-in-law. A woven bamboo basket containing rice cakes or perhaps chimaki dumplings is nearby. This is probably a photograph to commemorate a Meiji Period Shichi-go-san children's day festival, because the padded clothing indicate early winter.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐2‐0]

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Women having tea

Three women drink tea at a tea table. A byobu screen and arranged flowers are placed in the background. Each woman is formally dressed in a haori coat with a family crest. The period is uncertain. Their hair is arranged in the marumage style for married women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐33‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

This is a scene of a woman holding a janome-gasa (bull's eye umbrella) on a snowy day, wearing a haori coat for an outing, a pair of wooden clogs with high supports, and an okoso-zukin (combination hood and veil). This was a typical winter costume for young women. Snow has accumulated on a stone lantern.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐9‐0]

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A mother carrying her child on her back

The woman carrying a child is wearing a haori jacket. The fact that the child is wearing a kimono with a family crest indicates that it was some auspicious occasion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐80‐0]

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A dentist

The man has side-locks and a beard and is wearing a haori coat and a pair of wooden clogs with high supports. The writing on the box with metal reinforced corners suggests that he is a town doctor. It reads: All herbal medicine are inside.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐71‐0]

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A mother carrying her child on her back

The woman carrying a child is wearing a haori jacket. The fact that the child is wearing a kimono with a family crest indicates that it was some auspicious occasion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐31‐0]

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A teahouse serving dango (dumplings)

The woman has her kimono sleeves pulled up with a cord across the back. She is wearing an apron. At the store front there are long, round lanterns with the store's name written on them. The customer on the left has a modern hairstyle. The men standing are wearing haori jackets and hakama trousers with high geta clogs.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐41‐0]

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Two men

The man on the left is wearing a square cap and a haori coat, while the man on the right is wearing a tweed cap and a Western-style coat. Both of them are wearing Western-style shoes.==Date:1906, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐254‐0]

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Parents and children

A husband and wife pose for a portrait their son. The father is wearing a kimono with a haori jacket, while the mother is wearing a kimono with a chuya-obi sash. Their son wears a crossed pattern kasuri kimono with hakama trousers.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐233‐0]

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Two men

Two men with mustaches pose at a photograph studio. They wear kimono with long haori jackets. The man in the chair wears a hat, while the man standing is holding his hat in his hand. The forest and river in morning mist behind them is a scene pained on a prop. The word Shinkyo visible on the lower right indicates that this was taken at either the Tomoe Studio or Miyake Kaishin-do at Shinkyogoku Rokkaku-sagaru.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐187‐0]

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Young brothers

The girl on the left wears a furisode kimono. She still needs to wear a bib. An adult is holding her from behind. Her older brother wears a haori coat and hakama trousers. Only wealthy families could afford to have photographs taken in the Meiji Period.==Date:1921, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐86‐0]

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Classmates

Classmates pose for a portrait in a photograph studio. Three of the seven are wearing haori jackets and hakama pants, while three others are wearing uniforms with stand-up collars. The man in the centre wearing a double-breasted jacket and holding a small knife with both hands is probably a police officer. Taken in 1905.==Date:1905, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐79‐0]

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Parents and children

A girl and two women pose for a portrait. Both of the women wear kimono and haori jackets and have their hair in classical Japanese style. The woman sitting on the chair to the right is wearing a striped kasuri kimono. The girl wears a short coat with five big buttons and white knee-high socks. The background was designed to give depth to the photograph. A stuffed dog has been placed in front of them to provide atmosphere.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐77‐0]

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A teacher and children

Teachers and children pose in a group. The teachers are wearing kimono with haori jackets and holding sticks. The children are wearing kimono with striped patterns. Cross and box designs are visible on the kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐25‐0]

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A memorial photo of marriage

A bride and groom pose for a portrait. The bride is sitting on a chair wearing a black kimono. Cranes and flowers have been embroidered on her sash and the bottom part of her kimono. The groom is standing next to her wearing a haori jacket and hakama pants, and he holds a fan in his right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐8‐0]

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A mother and her children

This is a family portrait. The mother and daughter are wearing kimono with haori jackets. The boys are wearing kimono, haori, hakama trousers and school hats.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐58‐0]

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A mother and her daughter

A mother and child pose for a memorial photograph in front of a byobu screen. The mother wears a haori coat, and the child is also in formal dress. The child is holding a toy-like object. The peacock indicates that the screen is a painting of flowers and birds. This is probably a studio photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐61‐0]

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Samurai warriors greeting each other

The scene of samurai exchanging greetings is recreated, with the two bowing deeply in the official attire of haori coat with family crest and hakama trousers. The Western-style handrail in the back was a fixture of the Ueno Hikoma studio in Nagasaki, where this stereograph seems to have been taken by Wilhelm Burger.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Wilhelm Burger, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐1‐0]

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Geikos

This may have been taken at a photograph studio. These geigi are sitting on a carpeted hardwood floor, at a 45 degree angle to the camera. The three sitting in the front wear haori jackets bearing family crests. Their hair has been done in the small mage style. The two sitting at the back have hair ornaments. This was taken by Ogawa Kazumasa.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number67‐41‐0]

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A samurai warrior

This is a studio photograph of a samurai wearing a haori jacket (with a family crest) and hakama pants. Japan 1881 is penciled in. The backdrop suggests that it is from the Stillfried album. The samurai may be holding an imitation wooden sword. He also has a fan in his hand. On the back of the photograph is a photograph of Alexandria by Felix Bonfils.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number63‐6‐0]

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Women sitting on chairs

Two women wear wooden clogs with high supports. Both appear to be older geisha with hair arranged in inase-fu marumage style. They are sitting on chairs and wear kimono with black collars and haori coats. On the left, two umbrellas are leaning against the candle stand. Mt. Fuji is painted on the curtain hanging behind, and a European carpet is spread on the floor. This is a studio photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐24‐6]

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Women greeting each other

Two women are exchanging greetings near a fence. The guest on the left wears a haori coat. The painting of Mt. Fuji in the background seems artificial. The English title reads Ceremony of Japanese.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐119‐0]

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A woman wearing a hood of nobility

This is a scene of a woman holding a janome-gasa (bull's eye umbrella) on a snowy day. She is wearing a haori coat for an outing, a pair of wooden clogs with high supports, and a okoso-zukin (combination hood and veil). This was a graceful winter costume for women going outdoors.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐112‐0]

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A woman with a shamisen

A woman is playing a Chinese lute in a reed chair. Japanese embroidery is visible on her kimono. She wears a sash clip and a semi-formal haori coat for outings. The alcove shows Japanese architectural design, while the carpet is Western in style. The photograph includes Japanese, Western and Chinese elements.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐101‐0]

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An old man and girls playing go

An elderly man in a haori coat is enjoying a game of go with young women in this portrayal of everyday life. This is the same as #2338. The people in this studio photograph are all models. Taken in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐63‐0]

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A secondhand shop

Secondhand dealers traded anything from daily necessities to curios and antiques. Highly valuable objects like swords, sets of armour, weapons and porcelain jars are depicted in this photograph. The shop owner is wearing a haori coat and is using an abacus. This is typical attire for a merchant.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐10‐0]

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Girls

Two women wearing haori coats with floral designs pose with a bonsai plant on the floor by their feet. This is probably a studio photograph produced for foreigners. Both women are wearing something like aprons, but the colouring is unnatural.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐4‐0]

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An old man and girls playing go

An elderly man in a haori coat is enjoying a game of go with young women in this portrayal of everyday life. He is patting his forehead playfully and acknowledging defeat. The two women have their hair arranged in marumage style. The setting is in a zashiki guest room. Confectionaries are on a tray in front. Taken in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐3‐0]

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Girls holding dolls

This photograph may have been taken by friends to commemorate some occasion. The hairstyle shows some western influence and a shift from traditional coiffure. The women are wearing a relatively long haori half-coat over ordinary kimono with black satin collars.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐46‐0]

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A woman

This hairstyle arranged by winding the hair around an ornamental hairpin was called kogaiwake. It was originally worn by ladies of the court in the Muromachi Period and became popular in later years. This woman is wearing the dofuku originally worn by women of high status. This is a type of haori with wide sleeves and pleated bottom.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐43‐0]

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A table and a woman

A woman in a long haori coat over her kimono is posing with her hand on top of a tall table covered with lace. There are two kanzashi hairpins decorating her hair arranged in shimada style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐30‐0]

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An old man and girls playing go

An elderly man in a haori coat is enjoying a game of go with young women in this portrayal of everyday life. He is patting his forehead playfully and acknowledging defeat. The woman standing on the left with a fan in her hand and the woman playing go wear their hair in tenjin-mage style. The woman in the middle wears hers in toin style. The background setting is a second-story zashiki guest room with a handrail and torn paper sliding doors. The outside scene is a studio prop. Taken in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐20‐0]

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Women greeting each other

A woman in a black haori coat with a family crest is exchanging greetings at the gate of a banquet restaurant with another woman whose seems to be a restaurant employee. Both women have arranged their hair neatly and are bowing deeply. The basho (Japanese banana plant) in the background indicates that this place is the southern part of Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐21‐0]

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Garden at harajuku

A prisine Japanese-style garden in a residence, with four women wearing kimonos and two men wearing haori coats and hakama. It looks like a commemorative photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐10‐0]

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Men and women

A man wearing a haori coat sits with his legs folded to the left, and to the right a girl sits facing that man. To the left of the man is a tobacco tray.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:[R. Stillfried], (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number27‐18‐0]

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Woman dressed up for rain

A woman wearing a Haori coat with high-heeled sandals stands holding a folded umbrella in front of her with both hands, taking a step forward. The background is a picture of a small mountain and a large tree.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐26‐0]

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Girls clenching their fists

Young women wearing haori coats engage in a game of paper-scissors-rock to the sound of the shamisen. The woman in the center plays the shamisen, and the other two sit facing each other holding out their hands to play the game.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐53‐0]

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A greeting woman

Two women wearing haori coats exchange greetings in front of a brazier. A present box of sweets is placed by them, and tea is served by the hostess on the left to the guest on the right. The background is a flower screen and drawer, with arranged flowers.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐14‐0]

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Dancing children

Two young women dance dressed as a woman and a man. The woman dressed as a man is a warrior with haori, hakama and a wooden sword. The other woman wears an courtesan costume and holds a stick to compete with the woman dressed as a man.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐48‐0]

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Women sewing clothes

Four young women mending kimonos. Three of them wear haori coats. One puts thread through a needle, the other sews a kimono, and another stretches the thread in the sewn kimono. Another looks on. In front of the women is a sewing box and pin cushion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐50‐0]

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Woman dressed up to avoid rain

A young woman dressed in a kimono and a haori coat, wears high-heeled clogs, a scarf over her head, and poses with a Japanese umbrella avoiding the rain. Taken in a studio,this is a dramatized photo of a woman dressed for rain. A cover to protect feet from mud is seen at the toes of the clogs.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐48‐0]

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A funeral procession

A priest wearing a head dress sits at the seat placed in the centre and chants from scriptures toward the coffin placed in front. To the right and left of the coffin are three priests each holding bells etc.In the foreground stands a man wearing a haori (kimono coat ) and his child.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐49‐0]