Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker On reverse is a stamp

On reverse is a stamp that it was professionally framed some years ago (World Art Ltd

little green leaves animating its rich brown surface

which I think are to the good

which is what makes it beautiful

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Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker On reverse is a stampA very beautiful image I think, though I don't know what all of these men and mostly young women were gathered for in their coats and hats with umbrellas in hand, though, they were clearly prepared to be out in the elements. What a field of faces, captured in their beautiful singularity and yet so much appearing of a unified whole, as if in uniform, and with long pigtail braids hanging past the shoulders of almost every young woman. Looking rather as