Thursday, May 6, 2021

(2356) Around Ueno, 2: Hanging out -the futon way

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One of the most characteristic images of shitamachi (下町), the Tokyo of townspeople -in the sense of those who were not samurai and who came to be Japan's broader middle class- and one that remains among my favorites: futon hanged out to air and fluff up. Aka "futon-hoshi" (布団干し). 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).


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