#  Monthly Special Archive 

 



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###    Monthly Special October 2023  expand\_more  

**October 2023:**

The harvest season is well on its way in Japan and this month highlights photographs of rice harvesting from the [George Butler Collection](https://www.miyagi1951.com/). Taken in Miyagi in 1951 when George Butler was stationed with the US Army at Camp Matsushima, the collection highlights life as Japan emerges from the post-war era.

 ![Image of a man placing bundles of rice on the edges of the field to dry](/sites/g/files/omnuum10046/files/jdrc/files/575-rice30.jpg)

 

This first image shows a man placing bundles of harvested rice on the edges of the paddy so they will dry.

 ![Image of woman winnowing rice to remove the grains from the stalks](/sites/g/files/omnuum10046/files/jdrc/files/201_winnowing_rice.jpeg)

 

Here, a woman uses a bamboo basket to winnow the rice, removing grain from stalk.

 ![Image of two women using a large wooden wheel like machine to hull rice](/sites/g/files/omnuum10046/files/jdrc/files/68-rice_hulling.jpeg)

 

Lastly, two women use a large wooden wheel-like machinel to remove the husks from the grains of rice. One turns the crank to spin the barrel while the other pours rice into the top.

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###    Monthly Special September 2023  expand\_more  

 

**September 2023:**

This month marks the 100-year anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that took place on September 1st, 1923. This collection of woodblock prints from 1924 shows depictions of and directly after the disaster. The prints were created by various artists, and each print is signed and titled by the artist.



 

  

 



 

 

 

For past Monthly Specials, please see our archive [here](/monthly-special-archive "Monthly Special Archive").