Saturday, December 26, 2020
Who's more Oriental?
Vintage.es has some pix of a Japanese family somewhere in USA, celebrating New Year in 1955.
Looks just like my family in 1955, EXCEPT that our house looked a lot more Oriental. My father served in Shanghai and enjoyed the place, and brought home lots of Chinese and Japanese stuff. We had about 10 Oriental decorations in our living room. Lacquer box, painted scroll, Chinese clock, Buddha incense burner, vase turned into lamp, chop seals, Samurai sword....
These Japanese folks had exactly one visible Oriental item. Some of them were sitting on the floor, which is a Jap habit, but most US families also sat on the floor while watching TV, so the variable is confounded.
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