A housewife shops for a plant during the preparations for New Year.
This image is part of The New Year in Japan, a book published by Kobe-based photographer Kozaburo Tamamura in 1906. Original text1:
And now, the household must see about procuring a pot or two of the ‘Prosperous Age Plant,’ to complete the attractions of the interior of their ‘Home Sweet Home,’ and minature [sic] pine trees, and bamboo plum twigs are also used for decorative purposes.
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Notes
1 Tamamura, Kozaburo (1906). The New Year in Japan. Tamamura Shashinkan.
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Duits, Kjeld (). Kobe, 1906: New Year Celebrations 6, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on May 6, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/677/new-year-celebrations-6
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