This is from the era when rice planting was done by hand. After rice planting machines were introduced, it was hung from the beams of an agricultural warehouse with ropes. There were three of them, and this is the most compact one. The largest one was given to someone who would buy it, and the other one, which was heavily damaged, was also taken away. Recently, I've seen them used as paper lanterns in old folk house restaurants, with Japanese paper applied to them. It was probably made over 50 years ago. It was covered in dust, so I carried it to a waterway and washed it with a car wash brush while submerged in running water. There are some areas where I missed brushing, and some dust remains. It was painted black, but the fabric was exposed when I washed it with a car wash brush. I think it will be cleaner if I wash it again with tap water and a scrubbing brush. One of the slats assembled in the well-shaped frame at one end has fallen off. I measured the representative sides with a measuring tape. The length was 227 cm, and the width was 44.2 cm (measured in the direction of the bars of the part assembled in the well-shaped frame at the end. It is 47.2 cm if measured diagonally across the well-shaped frame). Also, I measured one of the rice planting frame molds, and it was 18 cm x 24 cm. If you are considering purchasing, please comment in advance as I would like to discuss the shipping method.