These stunning portraits of Japanese children were found in a large wooden box, and they were captured by a Japanese Portrait Photographer. One box of the film included showed an expiration date of 1951.
#1 A girl in braids, a dress, and flats holding Chitose Ame Shichi-Go-San candy
#2 A Japanese boy and Japanese girl in traditional happi coats (he is wearing a headband as well)
#3 A Japanese boy in a suit with hat and a girl in kimono with hair bow
#4 A Japanese boy in a suit with traditional Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three) candy
#5 A Japanese boy in a traditional happi coat, a headband, and bells
#6 A Japanese boy in very high waist pants and holding a toy train
#7 A Japanese boy posing for a portrait with traditional Chitose Ame candy for Shichi-Go-San holiday
#8 A Japanese child in a kimono with the traditional Shichi-Go-San candy, a hair bow and sandals
#9 A Japanese girl in a checkered kimono and hair bow with traditional Shichi-Go-San candy
#10 A Japanese girl in a dress, handbag, and flats holding Chitose Ame candy, which is traditional for the Japanese Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three) holiday
#11 A Japanese girl in a kimono and hair bow with traditional Japanese Shichi-Go-San candy
#12 A Japanese girl in a kimono and wooden sandals
#13 A Japanese girl in a kimono with a bow, geta sandals, and folded fan. She also has the traditional Shichi-Go-San Chitose Ame candy
#14 A Japanese girl in a kimono with flowers and checkered pattern. She is also holding Chitose Ame (Thousand Year Candy) for Shichi-Go-San
#15 A Japanese school boy in a uniform, hat, and backpack
#16 A young Japanese boy in a hakama/kimono and sandals
#17 A young Japanese boy in a sweater vest
#18 A young Japanese boy in kimono holding traditional Shichi-Go-San candy
#19 A young Japanese girl in a dress and flats
#20 A young Japanese girl in a kimono and hair bow and holding a bow as well as traditional Shichi-Go-San candy
#21 A young Japanese girl in a kimono with a handbag and hair bow
#22 A young Japanese girl in a sailor school uniform with tie and backpack
#23 A young Japanese girl in a velvet blouse and hat and holding traditional Chitose Ame candy for Shichi-Go-San
#24 A young Japanese girl in kimono and a young boy in a shorts suit – both of them holding Chitose Ame candy for the Shichi-Go-San Festival
#25 A young Japanese girl in kimono and a young Japanese boy in a suit. The boy is holding Chitose Ame candy, traditional for the Shichi-Go-San festival
#26 A young Japanese girl in kimono with a hair bow and fan
#27 A young Japanese girl in kimono with traditional Shichi-Go-San candy (Chitose Ame)
#28 A young Japanese girl posing for a portrait in a kimono
#29 A young Japanese girl wearing a kimono and holding a handbag
#30 Two Japanese boys in traditional happi coats and headbands (with bows)
#31 Two Japanese children, one is a suit, posing for a portrait in the old days
#32 Two young Japanese girls in kimono, one holding what looks like a traditional New Year’s hagoita paddle except that it’s rounded, not square
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