Figure 1.-- Here we have an interestung family snapshot of an unidentified, young Japanese family. There is no information associated with the photograph. So all wee have to go on is the image itself. We see mother and father with three young children. They look to be about 1-5 years old. The mother and the children are dressed in Western clothes, only father wears traditiinal clithing. This is kind of interesting because, normally in Japan it is mother that was nmire likely to wear tradirional clothing. The photograph seems to have been taken outside their home because if the unformal dress.
Here we have an interestung family snapshot of an unidentified, young Japanese family. There is no information associated with the photograph. So all wee have to go on is the image itself. We see mother and father with three young children. They look to be about 1-5 years old. The mother and the children are dressed in Western clothes, only father wears traditiinal clithing. This is kind of interesting because, normally in Japan it is mother that was nmire likely to wear tradirional clothing. The photograph seems to have been taken outside their home because if the unformal dress. The kinmono the father is wearing is anot a dressy garment, butvwe think keisurewear around hime. The family is not posed by a family car, but a small truck. We are guessing that father ius a small-scale truck operator. The truck is a Nissan. (Nissan was marketed as Datsun in America.) We are not an expert on Japanese motor vehicles, but it looks brand new and like a 1950s model to us, probably mid-decade. This is the time that Japanese had begun to recover from World War II and the the Japanese Economic Miracle had begun. This photograp is a microcosim of that process. We are guessing that noone in the parents family could have affored a car or truck
