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Title
Three boys playing stone, shears, wood, Japan, ca. 1932
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1932
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of three Japanese boys crouching down playing "stone, shears, wood (a Japanese children's game played everywhere)." The boy on the left wears a floral print kimono and forms the stone shape with his right hand. The boy on the right wears a diamond print kimono and forms the wood shape with his left hand. The boy in the center wears a light color kimono and looks at the boy on the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
10 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m60266 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Japan-Boys-004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60266
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Japan-Boys-004.jpg
Subject
Boys
Play
General views
Time Period
circa 1932
Place
Asia
Japan
Source
MFB/Japan/Boys/004 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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