Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry 66 cm long x 42

66 cm long x 42 cm wide

Dried gourd

Several crack lines on the back

Shunkei Nuri is one of Japanese traditional lacquer technique in Hida area

Item weight: 428 grams

Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry 66 cm long x 42Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate This is an antique Japanese photo glass negative plate. The picture is a group of people, men and women, with their backs bent to plant rice seedlings in a flooded paddy. Behind them is a crowd of people of all ages attending the event and watching carefully. This negative plate is a precious testimony of a rice planting community event in 1900s' Japan. Glass C1900 Item weight: 70 grams Packed weight: 270