titleOutdoor Group Portrait of Girls Standing Near a Wooden Sidewalk; Tashme, BC

 

nameImage, Digital

 

dateCirca 1943

 

descriptionThis image depicts seven girls standing in front of the steps up to the door of a single story house. They are arranged into two rows between the wooden fence leading up to the door, and that lines one side of the plank sidewalk, surrounding garden patches. From the bottom left, to the upper right the girls are arranged in what appears to be youngest to oldest, all wearing dresses. The girl on the left edge is wearing a simple white dress to her knees, with short socks and shoes. Second to the left is wearing a floral print, collared dress to her knees with short socks and shoes. Second to the right is wearing a striped collared dress to her knees with short white socks and shoes. The girl on the right edge has her hair in braids and is wearing a light floral print dress to her knees, short white socks and shoes. The girl in the second row on the left has her hair pinned back and is wearing a striped collared dress. The girl on the right edge in the second row has her hair tied back with a ribbon and is wearing a light collared dress.

 

part ofFumiko Yamada (nee Kawata) collection
number2014.20.1.2.30

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen