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[Planting rice, Japan] – Vintage Print

[Planting rice, Japan], [between 1890 and 1910(?)] — historic photograph
[Planting rice, Japan], [between 1890 and 1910(?)]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Planting rice, Japan] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Rice planting in Japan is the focus here, with workers standing in flooded paddy fields as they set out young seedlings by hand. Hand-coloring was a common finishing step in photographic prints of this era, adding soft tints of green to the fields and muted tones to clothing and hats. Photographs like this circulated widely in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when Western audiences were eager for images of Japan's landscapes and daily work. The date in the record is uncertain, so it is best placed somewhere between 1890 and 1910, a period when transplanting seedlings by hand remained central to rice farming.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910(?)]
Medium1 photographic print : hand-colored.
GenrePhotographic prints Hand-colored 1890-1910.
SubjectsAgricultural laborers--Japan--1890-1910. Rice paddies--Japan--1890-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,415 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216416

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