The Snapshots in Time Collection

Group Portrait of Japanese Children at a Traditional Gathering, Postwar Japan, c. 1950s

Group Portrait of Japanese Children at a Traditional Gathering, Postwar Japan, c. 1950s

A group of Japanese children, several dressed in traditional kimono, gather for a photograph during a festival or ceremonial occasion in postwar Japan. Images such as this, taken in the late 1940s to 1950s, document daily cultural life during the American Occupation period. Project: 218332