Two Japanese women, one cradling a young child, stand in the doorway of their home in this quiet domestic portrait from the Occupation era. Dressed in traditional kimono, they represent the resilience of everyday family life amid the sweeping social and economic changes that followed Japan's surrender in 1945. Photographs such as this, often taken by American servicemen and visitors, preserve intimate glimpses of Japanese civilian life during the postwar reconstruction period. Project: 218591