Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker with finely incised designs hand-done

with finely incised designs hand-done

which I think are to the good

which is what makes it beautiful

and a horizontal stain/toning that enhances her surreal appeal

Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker with finely incised designs hand-doneA very beautiful image I think, though I don't know what all of these men and mostly young women were gathered for in their coats and hats with umbrellas in hand, though, they were clearly prepared to be out in the elements. What a field of faces, captured in their beautiful singularity and yet so much appearing of a unified whole, as if in uniform, and with long pigtail braids hanging past the shoulders of almost every young woman. Looking rather as