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  • The Ukita Family in front of their home with all of their possessions, Tokyo, Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 48-49.
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  • The Ukita family two story house with van under the carport. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo, Japan, called Kodaira City. Material World Project.
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  • The Ukita family's possessions displayed in front of their house before the family photograph for the Material World project. The family is situated on the two balconies of the upstairs bedrooms for this preliminary photograph. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo, Japan, called Kodaira City. Material World Project.
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  • Portrait of Sayo Ukita, 43. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Portrait of Kazuo Ukita, 45. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Portrait of Maya Ukita, 6. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Portrait of Mio Ukita, 9. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Saturday night meal at the Ukita house, always accompanied by the fifth member of the family: the television. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Saturday night meal at the Ukita house, always accompanied by the fifth member of the family: the television. Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages, 52-53. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • The Ukita's kitchen, Kodaira City, Japan. Sayo prepares dinner while Kazuo prepares a drink for himself after work. Material World Project. Food, Work. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Sayo Ukita prepares fresh vegetables for dinner. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Fresh vegetables prepared by Sayo Ukita. Green pepper, string beans, yellow squash, and daikon radish. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Sayo Ukita asks her daughter Mio what she would like for breakfast in the kitchen/dining room. Maya continues her morning wakeup at the table as their father Kazuo Ukita enjoys his morning cigarettes while watching television before leaving for work. The house is unheated. There is an electric heater under the table, covered by a quilted blanket. Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 50. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Sayo Ukita cooks breakfast while holding six-year-old Maya. Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 50. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Mio Ukita has her hair brushed by her mother Sayo before school. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Lunchtime at nine-year-old Mio Ukita's classroom at school in Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Mio Ukita and her Kodaira City classmates do math problems in their schoolroom. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Mio Ukita, 9, attends "juku" (Supplemental school system also known as after school tutoring or cram school) several days a week. Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Sayo Ukita cleans up the house while her daughters are at school and husband is at work. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Nursery prams on a street in Kodaira City, outside Tokyo, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • A man in a mask (which is commonplace for people who are sick and have to be out in public) rides his bicycle past a fruit and vegetable market in Kodaira City, Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Beer vending machine on the street near a subway station in Tokyo, Japan. Material World Project..
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  • Sayo Ukita shops for food and sundries in her Kodaira City neighborhood. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Maya Ukita and her dog before leaving home for her kindergarten class. Japan. Material World Project. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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  • Maya Ukita, in kindergarten, uses her time before school to skip rope and play with the family dog. Japan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 55. The Ukita family lives in a 1421 square foot wooden frame house in a suburb northwest of Tokyo called Kodaira City.
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