Sepia Saturday
By: smkelly8
Tags: barbershop, hair style, history, Japan, Sepia Saturday, vintage photo
19th century Japanese Barbershop, Flickr Commons
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt takes us to the barbershop or beauty salon.
Some other bloggers have offered good interpretations. Take a look at:
sksogang
smkelly8
Natsukashi Kansai 
Reblogged this on Here & Abroad and commented:
An old Japanese barbershop. One barber looks like he’s hunting for lice.
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Such an amazing photo. Thanks for contributing such an excellent find 🙂
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Great photo – certainly looks like a nit hunt.
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A very interesting photo. I haven’t seen anything like this before!
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Flickr Commons has some. Most are from “Western” countries, but not all.
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I thought of lice as well!
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😉
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Traveling through Asia we’ve seen a lot of barbering done outside. In places like Laos, Cambodia..even in Vietnam. Not in Japan of course where grooming seems far more sophisticated than most places in the world. I like the colors and the people, who seem almost posed. I didn’t realize everyone (men and women)wore those raised sole sandals to keep their feet clean and dry.
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Both men and women wore and wear gets (sandals). In China there’s a lot of outdoor haircutting still. In Japan its’ more upscale.
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It would appear that barbers shops are the same the whole world over. Great old photograph.
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It’s interesting to visit countries where they still cut hair outside.
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With those hair cuts, it looks like a regular activity…hope the top is shaved and not plucked!
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Plucking sure would hurt. Though maybe people were tougher back then.
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