pictures of japanese fisherman

After the Meiji-Restorarion in 1868, Japanese people’s daily clothes got changed a lot.

Especially, male clothes were much faster to become Western clothes compared to female

clothes.

In late 1800’s, people were wearing semi-traditional clothes. But in 1920s,

Especially, after 1925 of Showa-era, people wear mostly Western clothes in their daily lives.

During the World War2, men wear “national clothe” which looks similar to military clothes

in daily lives. Also, women wear “Monpe” which looks like semi-traditional with upper

Kimono and loose pants. Because, the changes were so quick, we can tell the time when the

pictures below taken by their clothes.

There are pictures about fishermen below divided in 3 sections, “before the WW2”, “during

the WW2” and “after the WW2”

Before the WW2

1. in 1880s, 55 years before the WW2,

At the time, fishermen were wearing traditional clothes and using wooden ships. However,

after Meiji Restoration in 1886, people started to wear Western clothes gradually.

In 1917, 14years before the Pacific War started. By this time, people were wearing Western

clothes as usual. (They even didn’t think these were foreign clothes anymore by the time.)

They wear traditional clothes only in the festival/ritual or only sometime at home.

Fishermen catching Tuna Fish.

This picture was taken in Northern rural part of Japan in 1928, and it shows very typical

images of fishermen in Japan at the time. It is 13 years before the WW2 started.

In 1927, in the same place.

In 1930’s, about a decade before the WW2 started in Pacific.

During the WW2

However, during the WW2, it is very usual for all Japanese men to wear like soldiers. This

costume is called “kokumin-fuku” means “national clothe.”

This was also taken during the world war in 1943, some people were wearing like soldiers as

I mentioned in above, and some others were wearing just usual fisherman costumes.

Other pictures below were taken during the WW2.

After The WW2

Three pictures taken after the War in 1950s. Their clothes became more modern.

Work Cited

Edo-era 1610s~1868

Japanese Old Photographs In Bakumatsu-Meiji Period

http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/univj/

http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/univj/target.php?id=5058





Edo era people

http://www.geocities.jp/koyanagimeijin/edojidai3.html









http://www.geocities.jp/photography1862/menu-omiyage.html

http://lize.nime.ac.jp/TradPic/OldPhoto.asp?L=2

Shouwa-era

Around 1930s~1940s

1930’s fisher men

takashima mukashi shashin kan

http://www17.tok2.com/home2/takashimakyodokan/bunkasai04oldphoto.html

1940`s fishermen drafted to be soldiers

http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~joji-kawakami/chouyougyosen.html

http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/univj/















http://www.geocities.jp/photography1862/menu-omiyage.html

http://lize.nime.ac.jp/TradPic/OldPhoto.asp?L=2

http://www17.tok2.com/home2/takashimakyodokan/bunkasai04oldphoto.html

http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~joji-kawakami/chouyougyosen.html

yaeyama?

http://www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp/100000/100500/syasincyo/digest2.htm

1929 fisherman with Tuna in Hokkaido

http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/cont/video-archive/?k=2008032501.html

1939 fishermen below

http://www.izunet.jp/manabu/ito-shishi/2008.htm

http://www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp/100000/100500/syasincyo/digest2.htm

http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/cont/video-archive/?k=2008032501.html

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