And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Portrait of four Japanese women in haori (silk jacket), kimono and obi (sash). 1930’s, Japan. I wonder how/if they survived the war that was just around the corner?
As soon as the peace treaty was signed on the "Mighty Mo" in Tokyo Bay, American GI's went ashore and ended up bringing those ladies home as their brides.
Not exactly. The people were starving for years afterward, and marriage was forbidden for a while, and rather strongly discouraged there after. Thirty years after the end of WWII, I can attest it was still discouraged by the military. In my case, worth it. In others, cultural and linguistic problems just added to the difficulties young, poorly paid servicemen experienced.
Lot of people died in that war, didn't know better, way things been last few decades, somebody loves exterminating the human race on a regular schedule.
Japan had already rounded that corner on 1931 with their invasion of Manchuria. The war in the Pacific was much longer than the one in Europe.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as the peace treaty was signed on the "Mighty Mo" in Tokyo Bay, American GI's went ashore and ended up bringing those ladies home as their brides.
ReplyDeleteNot exactly. The people were starving for years afterward, and marriage was forbidden for a while, and rather strongly discouraged there after. Thirty years after the end of WWII, I can attest it was still discouraged by the military. In my case, worth it. In others, cultural and linguistic problems just added to the difficulties young, poorly paid servicemen experienced.
DeleteCorrect. The original mutts. Now look at them.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the kimonos these ladies are wearing have the long sleeves typically worn by unmarried women.
ReplyDeleteHomely little things. Upper right one not too bad,,,,, but not too good either.
ReplyDeleteLot of people died in that war, didn't know better, way things been last few decades, somebody loves exterminating the human race on a regular schedule.
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