80129-0019 - Japanese Broom Vendor, 1890s

1890s
Broom Vendor

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Unknown
Medium	Albumen Print
Period	Meiji
Location	Outside
Image No.	80129-0019
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

A street vendor carrying brooms (箒, houki) balanced on a carrying pole.

To protect himself from the elements, he is wearing a broad bamboo hat, known as a bachoukasa (バッチョウ笠).

Vendors like him used special calls to make potential customers aware of their arrival.

Published October 23, 2013
Updated July 14, 2021 3:01 AM

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Duits, Kjeld (July 14, 2021). 1890s: Broom Vendor, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on November 19, 2025 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/725/broom-vendor

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