110609-0012 - Winnowing Rice

Rice cultivation in Japan: Winnowing rice. This image comes from “The Rice in Japan,” published in 1907 (Meiji 40) by Kobe based photographer Teijiro Takagi.

Original text: “A further sifting is necessary to separate the unbroken corn from the fractured rice, and to remove sand, etc. The broken corn is also carefully extracted; the farmers leave no opportunity for gleaners”

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