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English: Japanese sword sharpener practicing his trade. In the Edo period, large whetstones were put in a basin like this for sword sharpening and added date 1909.
日本語: 日本の刀研ぎ。江戸時代の刀剣研ぎでは、このように盥(たらい)の中に大きな砥石を入れて行っていた。
Date Published as a postcard, circa 1909
Source Photo courtesy UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives. The University of Vermont :: Burlington, VT 05405 http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/getCollection.xql?pid=japanesetourist&rows=1&start=81
Author Wolcott, Katherine
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