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| Keywords: YokohamaShoemaker.jpg Yokohama Japan A Shoemaker Mending Rain Shoes Scanned from period stereo view card c 1900 No listing of publisher date nor any assertion of copyright Text on reverse YOKOHAMA JAPAN A SHOEMAKER MENDING RAIN SHOES This man seems to be a carpenter rather than a shoemaker and the shoes he is mending are of wood They are a kind of wooden clogs called geta worn out of doors The Japanese wear on their feet a kind of sock named tabi reaching only to the ankle and having a separate compartment for the big toe Of straw sandals there are two kinds the movable zori used for light work and the waraji which are bound tightly around the feet with straw strings and used for hard walking only People of means wear only the tabi indoors for a very simple reason There are no chairs sofas or lounges in a Japanese house The mats on the floor are all they have to sit on and they must be perfectly clean of course Consequently on entering a house the clogs or sandals are left outside for who would think of stepping on chairs or sofas with his boots on Foreigners who disregard this cleanly custom upon entering a house or temple give grave offense PD-old Stereo cards of Yokohama Geta footwear Shoemaking Work clothing in Japan | ||||
