Japanese Bath

This is typical of the Japanese man being given a bath by his wife or even a mistress. Most men had at least one mistress and many had several and all were known by the wife and family. The Japanese way of life was totally unique to Japan and awkward to Americans. Besides being bathed at home, there were "public" baths where lines of people walked down to the bathhouse with a towel and rinsed off under a spigot of running water. There might be 25 people--men, women and children already in the water and all their eyes are on this American with his white skin and short brown hair who seems ashamed and tried to cover himself somewhat until he could get in the water.