A Japanese family returning from a funeral

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Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1862. 18 March 49 / NRS project: / Another example of the use of wood / products (paper) in the daily life / of the Japanese - a family returning / from a funeral. The boy is holding / paper decoration used at Buddhist / funeral ceremony and the woman is / carrying in her furoshiki (kerchief) / the wooden stands used on the alter. / Outskirts of Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

March 18, 1949

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Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

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