Portfolios of Photographs & Journal Entries

Portfolios

These fourteen portfolios were arranged for the 2002 publication of J.W.Bennett's memoir Doing Photography and Social Research in the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948-1951. Each portfolio has its own page, containing a thumbnail view of each photo with its caption. Clicking on the photo or the photo's title will open a much larger version of the photograph.

• Section 1: Urban Images

  • Tokyo: Views of the City
  • Tokyo's Commercial Resurgence
  • Children in the Park
  • Women of the Night

• Section 2: Cultural Images

  • The Iconic Region: Fuji and Hakone
  • Traditional Architecture
  • Festivals and Gatherings
  • Farming and Rural Crafts
  • The North: Hokkaido and the Ainu
  • Resorts

• Section 3: Rural Research Images

  • Inland Sea: Census and Family Research; Remote Islands
  • Forestry, Society and Economy
  • Fishing Activities
  • The Ama: Girl Shellfish Divers

Supplemental Photos

In the following 3 pages, 60 photographs have been scanned that were not published by the Washington University project. Several photos are variants on photographs found in the main collection, but there are also numerous original photos.

• Supplement: page 1
• Supplement: page 2
• Supplement: page 3

Journal Entries

J.W.Bennett kept a journal and wrote many letters while he lived in Japan. Each journal entry extracted here refers to its associated portfolio of photographs.

• Section 1: Urban

  • A Trip to Kyoto: Prostitution and Recreation [portfolio 4: Women of the Night]

• Section 2: Cultural

  • A Visit to Kamakura [portfolio 6: Traditional Architecture]
  • The Fall Festival Season [portfolio 7: Festivals and Gatherings]
  • From Tomakomai, Hokkaido [portfolio 9: The North: Hokkaido and the Ainu]

• Section 3: Rural Research

  • Fieldwork in the Remote Islands [portfolio 11: Inland Sea and Remote Islands]
  • Forestry and Fishing Communities [portfolio 12: Forestry, Society and Economy]
  • Fishing Communities [portfolio 13: Fishing Activities]