解説Men making Daruma by sticking paper to wooden molds (1912 by Elstner Hilton).jpg
My spouse's uncle Elstner Hilton took this photo in Japan between 1914 and 1918.
If anyone knows what these statues are called and what they signify, please let me know. I've seen them many times Japanese establishments and antique shops.
collected by: A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU
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Japan 1914 - 1918 I own the originals of these unpublished family photos. ... As a salesman for Atkins Saw Company, Elstner Hilton traveled to the Far East to sell commercial sawmills in the early years of the 20th century. ... Elstner Hilton was my father-in-law Frank Hilton's* brother, which makes him my spouse's uncle. ... * Elstner Hilton's brother Frank Hilton compiled a scrapbook of photographs, clippings and other ephemera at Stanford University between 1907 and 1911. ... ps: I now have reason to believe that the photos of Japan may be stock photos that Uncle Elstner purchased and pasted into his album. There may be some exceptions: the images of his sister, Miriam, and photos of logging operations in the Phillippines.