Re: Kamishibai after the War (2)

Marchan, good evening,

You well found the badge of head of class on the chest of the girl. I understand that you have had such an experience of attaching such a badge in your younger days.

Kamishibais program was inspected by GHQ(General Head Quarters)from 1945 to 1950. That inspection was lifted in 1951.

A famous program before the War [Golden Bat] was revived and broadly welcomed.
The current place where this photo was taken is the Hirano honmachi area, Hirano-ku, Osaka-city.
Historically Hirano was not suffered from the war disaster in the Osaka summer battle or winter battle just before the Tokugawa era. And also Hirano did not suffer from the air raid of the second world war.

In old times the Hirano area was called Hirano village. The village was surrounded by ponds and moats. Outside the village there were rivers rice fields and some other fields. Now there is only one pond left and most of the rest of land are now house land.

The underground is now passing near by. No one now hardly believes that the village was surrounded by ponds and rice fields.

There exist a lot of temples and old houses in the central area of Hirano. There are still historical old towns even now.
The photograph was taken around five years after the War.
We can understand the reason why childrens dresses are a little bit in good order.

Thank you very much.

Shinchan