写真ザッカテンヲイトナムカゾク S1H2601102454

雑貨店を営む家族

内容

典型的な日本の商店。早岐にて。文具・雑貨店を営む男性、その妻(右端)と娘は、写真の位置で客を迎える。客が入ってくると、この位置で腰を折り曲げて挨拶し、客が店を出るときも同じくこの位置で見送る。

原文

TYPICAL JAPANESE STORE -- The proprietor, his wife, extreme right, and daughter, greet customers in this position in their stationery and variety store in Haiki, several miles north of Sasebo, Kyushu. In this position, too, they bow from the waist when customers enter; and do the same when they leave.