Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry Dried gourd

Dried gourd

Kanji on the board: Boys' Festival

Small cracked lines and chips on the bottom

Several crack lines on the back

rich reddish-brown finish

Antique Japanese Photo Glass Negative Plate C1900 Planting Rice Ceremony GN437 Jewelry Dried gourdAntique 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