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Hand-binding the edges of a tatami mat, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Hand-binding the edges of a tatami mat, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Tatami weaving machine, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Tatami weaving machine, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Founder Ozaki Masutaro, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Founder Ozaki Masutaro, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Buildings and fields, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

Buildings and fields, Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

David W. Plath and Ozaki Masutaro at Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

David W. Plath and Ozaki Masutaro at Shinkyo commune, Nara-ken, Japan, 1965

David Plath with Prof. Kusakari Zenzo of Hokkaido Educational University, Yamagishi Kai Pioneer Farm, Hokkaido, Japan, 1965

David Plath with Prof. Kusakari Zenzo of Hokkaido Educational University, Yamagishi Kai Pioneer Farm, Hokkaido, Japan, 1965

Buddhist temple gong in a tower, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

Buddhist temple gong in a tower, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

Men collecting bamboo shoots, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

Men collecting bamboo shoots, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

"Ittoen (Kosenrin, Yamashina, Kyoto). Collecting bamboo shoots -- in spring the diet was takenoko and mgimeshi for days at a time"--Notes from D. Plath.
One should meditate while sweeping the paths clean of leaves each morning, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

One should meditate while sweeping the paths clean of leaves each morning, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965

Main buildings, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965 (School and its grounds in middle distance; in foreground the kitchen, bath, and offices)

Main buildings, Ittoen, Kyoto, Japan, 1965 (School and its grounds in middle distance; in foreground the kitchen, bath, and offices)