Japanese Book Satchels: Additional Bags


Figure 1.--Here we see a Japanese school boy on his way to school in the morning. His uniform is complete with a classic Randoseru. As all his books and papers didn't fit in the Randoseru, he has a second bag for the overflow. Also notice the chip strap for his soft rounded-crown hat. Click on the image for a fuller discussion.

We note some boys in recent years carrying an additional bag for books and papers in addition top the clasic Randoseru. This is something we have not seen earlier. Apparently the boys could not cram all the school books necessary to take home in their Randoseru. We note portfolio style bags. The one here looks rather like ladies purse (figure 1). We are unsure at this time to what extent diffterent types of additional bags were used. Apparetly some uniform schools chose the style and color that the boys could use, Non uniform schools may have left it up to the prents and children about the selection of additional bags. We are not yet sure how common this was. A reader writes, "American children never wore these Europen style satchel." We notice American boys in the 19th century using a belt to hold their books together. Parents and children switched to back packs in the 20th century as more books were used. The classic Randoseru remains a standard in Japan and this is unlikely to change. The new bags are meant to supplement the Randoseru. The poor kid not only have to lug all those books home, but then complete an enorous amount of home work.







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