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Tomitaro Makino and his daughter on a train (ddr-njpa-4-999)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Dr. Makino visited Manchuria. Although Dr. Tomitaro Makino is 80 years old, he left for Manchuria on the 1st at 8:50 a.m. by train from Tokyo Station, to research the plants of the continent. This picture is Dr. Makino and his daughter, Tsuruyo, from the window of the train."
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Haguroyama Ring Entering Ceremony at Duke Hosokawa’s Residence (ddr-njpa-4-12)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Certified Champion Haguroyama. Ring Entering Ceremony at Duke Hosokawa's Residence. Temporary sumo champion certificate was presented to the 36th Sumo Champion Haguroyama at Duke Hosokawa's residence in Koishikawa on June 3rd at 10 am. The solemn ceremony was conducted by Stewart Baba strictly following the traditional customs. The ring entering ceremony followed …
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Manchuria activist at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-1052)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Mrs. Toshiko Masata's send-off party. Toshiko Masata, who has been working for the cultural improvement of 30 million Manchurians since 1937, has been staying in Tokyo before devoting the rest of her life to Manchuria. At 6:00 p.m. on the 10th at Tokyo Hall, she made her announcement at the send-off party. …
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Minanogawa Tozo posing with a trophy (ddr-njpa-4-955)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Spring grand sumo tournament. The champion sumo wrestler. 9 victories and 2 defeats, Minanogawa. (Tokyo) January 22, 1934. The spring grand sumo tournament concluded its run on the 22nd. The champion of this tournament was Minanogawa, from the West, with 9 victories and 2 defeats. The picture shows 1, The champion Minanogawa."
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Otohiko Matsukata waving at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-831)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan-America goodwill mission representative Otohiko Matsukata arrived in America. To move past the diplomatic crisis of 1935-1936, Foreign Minister Hirota is preparing to mend friendship between Japan and America. As one part of this plan, the ambassador to America and others suggested Hirota send Otohiko Matsukata, who graduated from Harvard University with …
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Yosuke Matsuoka waving to a crowd from a train (ddr-njpa-4-898)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka leaving. Foreign Minister Matsuoka went on his way to visit Europe with his attendants on the 12th, departing from Tokyo Station at 10:25 a.m. The picture shows Foreign Minister Matsuoka at Tokyo Station, receiving a send-off from government officials and the public."
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Shuhei Nishida (ddr-njpa-4-1435)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, National News, No. 416. Pole-vaulter Nishida called. (Tokyo) August 23, 1938. World-famous Nishida received a call, and he is going to join the army as an engineer, with a pickaxe instead of a pole. Mr. Nishida worked in a division at Hitachi. While he worked there he practiced everything for …
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Ryushi Kawabata with his son and other men (ddr-njpa-4-545)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "During his trip to Manchuria, Ryushi Kawabata, the last Western painter, who was nominated to be a member of the Imperial Art Institute, arrived at Tokyo Station at 9 p.m. on the 27th, escorted by his second son, Takashi, 26. He announced that he had given his resignation to Mr. Kitaura. The …
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Koichi Kido (ddr-njpa-4-384)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Home Minister Kido Inspects Air Defense Troops. Home Minister Kido inspects air defense troops in Tokyo city, who will have training of Eastern air defense troops on the coming 18th. The picture is Home Minister Kido, who is inspecting the air defense troops."
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Yorinaga Matsudaira speaking at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-817)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Celebration of Matsudaira's appointment. (Tokyo) June 26, 1937. A party was held to celebrate the appointment of Count Yorinaga Matsudaira as president of the House of Peers at Maru no Uchi at Tokyo Hall on the night of the 25th. The vice president of the House, Mr. Matsudaira, and more than 200 …
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Mineo Osumi (ddr-njpa-4-1793)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "1. Osumi, Minister of the Navy, enters the Prime Minister's official residence."
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Yutaka Abe, Kan Kikuchi and a Japanese film director (ddr-njpa-4-411)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) February 7, ____. In order to collect and give knowledge of a feeling of love and the marriage problem in which modern young girls think the wrong way, Kan Kikuchi himself, who is the director of Daiei Motion Picture Company, appears to the eyes and ears of the audience on the …
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Saburosuke Okada being greeted at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-1993)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The painter Okada traveled on foot to view works of art in Europe. After he finished his carefree travel, he got to Tokyo at [?]:55 [?] on the 26th. Pupils and friends didn't know when he got onto a train, so they didn't know when the train got to Tokyo. They were …
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Kosetsu Nosu and his wife being welcomed at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-1523)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The artist Nosu returned with great success. (Tokyo) November 30, 1936. The artist Nosu finished a historical wall fresco at the [?] Temple of Sarnath in far away and very hot India. He worked on that for about seven years and [?]. He returned on the [?]. The photo is the arrival …
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Musashiyama Takeshi reading in the hospital (ddr-njpa-4-1114)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) January 8, 1936. The new yokozuna Musashiyama, who withdrew from the sumo ring in the midway with four defeats, entered Tokyo University Hospital on the night of the 28th. The reasons for his defeats are dyspepsia, rheumatism and an injury to the right knee joint, so he entered the hospital. As …
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Chikubei Nakajima and a man seated at a table (ddr-njpa-4-1289)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "4, Mr. Nakajima visits Father Mochizuki. Chikubei Nakajima, who is the president of the Seiyu Kai political party, visited Mr. Mochizuki at his private home in Sendagaya on the 21st at 10:30 a.m. The photo shows Nakajima, left, and Mr. Mochizuki, right."
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Article regarding Juji Kasai (ddr-njpa-4-629)
Article title: "Clark Lee Bumps Into Kasai, Liberal Ex-Member Of Parliament, in Tokyo."
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Gentaro Kodama's sister (ddr-njpa-4-507)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Remembering Mr. Kodama. (Tokyo) April 25, 1935. It has been 30 years since the great commander Gentaro Kodama died. General Ono, General Oe and others organized a memorial group. The members gathered at Chuo-tei to remember Mr. Kodama on the 25th. His eldest son, Hideo, lives with two elderly women. One is …
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Inejiro Asanuma and Reikichi Kita (ddr-njpa-4-430)
Caption on reverse [tranlsation]: "Representatives Asanuma and Kita leave for international meeting [Tokyo, June 30, 1939]
On the same date in June, at 1:40 p.m., both Representatives Inejiro Asanuma and Reikichi Kita left Tokyo Station by train for a meeting of international representatives, to be held in Sweden. The photo is, right, Representative Kita, and left, …
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Satoko Matsudaira, an opera singer posing with school children (ddr-njpa-4-808)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "December 3. The prima donna of the musical world Mrs. Satoko Matsudaira's visit to Europe. The soprano singer Satoko Matsudaira went to Europe with her husband on the 4th. She is going to study opera in Paris, Berlin and Vienna, and she will also perform in "Madame Butterfly" with Mrs. Yoshiko Sato …