Ox-drawn plow, Kyoto region, 1939

Horse-drawn plow before rice planting. Rice fields between Takafune and Uchida, Kyotanabe City, Kyoto region, circa 1965.

 

Sowing seeds for germination, Kyoto region, April 1939.

Seedling harvesting, Kyoto region, June 1933. After sowing seeds, seedlings are harvested in about 40 days and transplanted.

 

Rice planting, Kyoto region (Mt Hiei in background), 1934. Transplanting was arduous work. Hungry children eating radishes