New Year's Photos in the Meiji Period
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Kozaburo Tamamura, a prominent photographer in the Meiji Period (1868-1912), was commissioned to produce a series of photos by a publisher in the United States to promote Japan. Tamura chose to beautifully capture the traditional Japanese New Year celebrations and customs, some of which are still practiced even today.
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Kakizome is the first calligraphy written in the New Year.
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Karuta is still a traditional New Year’s card game, though less and less people actually play it.
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A family eats ozoni, the traditional New Year’s morning soup.
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Kadomatsu, New Year’s decorations containing bamboo and pine, are still placed on either side of front doors today.
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Toshikoshi soba, extra long buckwheat noodles, are traditionally eaten at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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Mochi is a kind of sticky rice cake made by pounding rice in a large container.
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Two girls play hanetsuki, a New Year’s game played with a paddle and shuttlecock.
For more photographs taken by Kozaburo Tamamura, including some stunning shots of Japan's landscape, be sure to read the full article at RocketNews24 below the break!
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