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Japanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945 (media.kbin.social)

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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought foot binding was a Chinese tradition?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really care who started it but it became really popular to bind dancer's feet into very tiny shoes in Heian Japan starting in the 10th century, and it continued until it was banned some time after WWII. There was even a medical journal article about it in 1937.