Stirring the paddy field Ploughing flooded ground for rice-planting-north from main highway Uji near Kyoto,Japan. (74) [ID] 4960 [Photographer] Underwood [Album] Underwood [Place] Uji [Date] 1904 [Color] mono [Size] 155x82 [Cabinet] 97-24-0 [Keyword] rice planting/life/man A farmer is cultivating the field using black-haired cow at a rice paddie in Uji. A rope and a plow are tied to the back of the cow and each time the cow pulls the plow, the rice paddie is cultivated. A big warehouse is behind and a small shack covered with mats is made temporarily next to it, and a farmer with a balance pole is carrying goods. The rice seedlings may be preserved in the shack. This photo could have been taken by the British photographer H. G. Ponting in 1904.