Tesaji Weaving, Taketomi Island, Okinawa テサジ織り・沖縄県竹富島

SONOBE Kiyoshi 薗部澄

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Series title: Unforgettable Scene of Post-War Japan
Title: Tesaji Weaving, Taketomi Island, Okinawa
Original title: テサジ織り・沖縄県竹富島
Artist Name: SONOBE Kiyoshi
Year: 1968
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Accession number: 10100492
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