Random Japanese Snapshots 8

 

Time to finish up this small collection.  To recap, I bought a small envelope of photos from an eBay seller in Japan.  Do they all come from the same source, or are they just a bunch of random snapshots packaged together?  Anyway, I didn't see any people showing up in multiple images, so I'm going with random.  This is the one thing I keep wondering.  How many of these photos were taken before the war, and how many after.   Considering how many Japanese citizens died in the war, it's likely that at least some of the pre-war photos show people who were dead within four or five years.  And a lot of people in these photos are pretty young.  The bottom photo in the column is of schoolgirls. Click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to see all the photos in the collection. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 7

 

This is probably the penultimate post from this collection.   To recap, I bought an envelope of snapshots from an eBay seller in Japan.  I have no idea if the photos are from the same source, or if the seller just threw a bunch of random snapshots together into a single lot.  Anyway, click on Random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels to see the rest.  

Random Japanese Snapshots 6

  

I'm still having problems with the scanner, so when it started working again, I figured I should get something posted while I still could.  So, a photo plus what's written on the back from an envelope of photos I purchased from an eBay seller in Japan.  And once again, if anyone out there can translate what's written on the back of the print, please leave it as a comment.  Click on random Japanese snapshots collection in labels to see what's already been published. 

Random Japanese Snapshots 4

 

Well, I haven't put up anything for a while, so it just seemed easy to put up another image from this collection.  So, to recap, I bought an envelope of photos from an eBay seller in Japan.  I don't know whether they are all from the same family, or just random photos with no relationship to each other at all.  I'm guessing random since I haven't really seen any repeat people.  Too, I'm putting up multiple images per post if there is nothing written on the back, but one only if there is a notation, which because I don't speak or read Japanese, I can't translate.  If anyone can, please help me out with a translation in the comments.   To see everything that's up, with more to come, click on random Japanese Snapshots Collection in labels and bring up what's been posted. 

The Tent Dinner Party

 

This is another photo that I picked up from an eBay seller in Japan, but no, it's not part of the Random Japanese Snapshot Collection.  Anyway, I'm thinking that this photo is from post-war Japan.  It looks like there are a handful of non-Asian faces in the crowd, not to mention the Rainer Beer bottles on the tables.  There's a book out there called Embracing Defeat which is about how Japan and the Japanese accepted that they had lost the war, rejected militarism, and got on with their lives as best they could, which was the foundation of the post-war Japanese economic miracle.  When I saw this photo, I suspected that it's an illustration of that concept. 

A Japanese Class Photo

 

I don't do it often because shipping has a tendency to be expensive, but from time to time, I go on eBay and purchase photos from overseas.  So, is this a Japanese class photo or the staff of the local building supply store?  I'm betting it's a class photo with the older-looking men as faculty, and the younger-looking guys, the students. Anyway, I don't speak or read Japanese, so the caption that's on the back may tell the real story, and for anyone who can translate, do me a favor and leave one in comments.