Song for the New Year
Photograph
Song for the New Year
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (24.1 × 15.9 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0599
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 11/62 32) SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR: In a cave of snow, Japanese children \ sing to celebrate the new year. This traditional event, here \ photographed in Atika Province, takes place in a Honyara-Do, a \ house especially hollowed out of the snow for the purpose. In \ typical Japanese fashion, the children leave their boots in the \ entrance. \ Credit: Hiroshi Hamaya c 1962 MAGNUM Photos
