Richard G
Veteran
In the New York Review of Books is an article on an exhibition which includes photographs of traditional Japanese life by Hayama. The political overtones are discussed. The exhibition would be worth a look, at the J Paul Getty Museum.
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/apr/10/japan-beneath-snow/
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/apr/10/japan-beneath-snow/