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kousei2  ??   Posts: 43
Mr. Hideo Yasuda of Kamakura City gave us the following comment by phone. Thank you, Mr. Yasuda.

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In around 12th to 13th year of Showa (1937-1938), this kind of sandals could be seen in Kamakura City, where they were called "board backing sandals".
They were mainly worn by servant boys (male shop attendants) in shopping streets.
Many bicycles were used at that time for order-taking and delivery, and thus, the sandals of flexible back were convenient.

The surfaces to contact feet bottom were like surfaces of tatami mat, and a piece of leather like a scrap of belt was pasted on the back, on which several wooden boards of about 3cm thick were pasted.

Shop masters wore tatami-mat sandals with a scrap of bicycle tires on the back (as tires are flexible).
They were sold at shops too.

However, since they were too expensive for servant boys to buy, the boys wore sandals of self-made.

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