Traditional Japanese House, 1960s - Archive Film 1066684

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1960s. House in Japan.

Exterior or large Japanese house in the countryside or mountains, with a small river outside. Small scenic decorative waterfall, covered in plants and moss, panning to some leaves. Moss covered rocks in a lake or pond, tranquil. Japanese woman in a kimono walks past the pond into her house, and takes off her shoes. Sandals and shoes in the doorway of the house. Large square television with aerials on the floor of the house. Baseball, catchers mitt and baseball bat resting on a bamboo floor. Painting of a sparrow or starling flying around a bamboo shoot. A single purple flower in a wicker pot, panning to a Japanese woman in a kimono laying out caligraphy supplies. Woman looks down intensely. Hands writing kanji or katakana; a haiku. Woman recites the haiku, then pan back to the flower.

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