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img Mineo Osumi, Mitsumasa Yonai, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and German diplomats (ddr-njpa-4-1819)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Admiral Osumi goes to Germany. (From right) Minister of the Navy Yonai, Chief of Staff Fushimi, German Ambassador Otsu, Admiral Osumi (last night at the official residence of the Minister of the Navy)."

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img Women's association leader and Manchuria activist (ddr-njpa-4-1051)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Mrs. Toshiko Masata departed. Toshiko Masata (60), who declared she will devote the rest of her life to Manchuria, got on her way on the 17th at 3:00 p.m. from Tokyo Station. The picture was taken at Tokyo Station."

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img Chuhei Nambu coaching Olympic athletes (ddr-njpa-4-1354)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Eight year plan for Olympics. Summer session of athletic league. Japan's athletic league held for 3 days a summer session at Jingu Stadium, from 10 a.m. on the 28th. This session was taught by athletes Nambu and Oda, who led a hard practice. This is part of the plan for eight years …

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img Tamekichi Ota (ddr-njpa-4-1927)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) 1936 August 17. Tamekichi Ota, Japanese Ambassador to Russia, returned home on the 13th. He visited Prime Minister Hirota at the official residence at noon on the 17th. While they ate lunch Ota reported on the latest trend of the relations between England and Russia, and between France and Russia. Ota …

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img Onoe Kikugoro VI posing in costume (ddr-njpa-4-1762)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "April show at Tokyo Theater. 1st 'Okura'. Kikugoro Ogami played Lord Okura, which he had not done before. The techniques of his performance to maintain the dignity of the court noble were great. He could act the fool without opening his moth. The play became a completely different one, based on the …

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img Shozo Makino swimming (ddr-njpa-4-1004)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "National student swimming championships. Makino sets new 800-meter record. (Tokyo) August 14, 1934. Japan's search for contestants for this season is finished. The National Student Swimming Competition will be held on the 14th at Jingu Pool (air temperature 23C water temperature 25C). The picture is 1, Makino breaking the world record."

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img Naval leaders of Japan and other countries at a wake for Heihachiro Togo (ddr-njpa-4-1780)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Osumi, Minister of the Navy, invited the commanders-in-chief of every country. [Tokyo 1934 June 7]. Minister of the Navy Osumi held a party after the national funeral of Togo, who was the General of the Army. Traiyer, Commander-in-Chief of the support fleet, and three others attended the party. They came from England. …

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img Kocho Otani reading a speech at a party (ddr-njpa-4-1897)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Buddha's [?] in the Imperial capital. An invitation party for Higashi Honganji. (Tokyo) On the night of December 4th, Abbot Kocho Otani and his wife Tomoko advocated a radical reformation of teaching and learning. They held a tea party at the Imperial Hotel on the afternoon of the 4th. Kocho Otani is …

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img Masanori Katsu buying the 15th China Incident Bond at a post office (ddr-njpa-4-663)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Minister of Communication buying the China Incident Bond. The 15th China Incident Bond was on sale at post offices from 9am on 22nd. Minister Katsu showed up at the Post office and purchased five 100-yen bonds. The photo is Minister Katsu."

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img Sueo Ohye on a train (ddr-njpa-4-1554)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ohye joined the sacred war. (Tokyo) January 6, 1939. The world famous pole-vaulter of the track and field world Mr. Ohye accepted the honorable call and let on the morning of the [?] by a train departing from Tokyo Station, where active and O.B. members of his old school's athletic club and …

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img Wedding portrait of Prince Nijo and his bride (ddr-njpa-4-1410)

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img Matajiro Koizumi and daughter stepping out of a car (ddr-njpa-4-472)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Minister Koizumi visited Prime Minister Hamaguchi, who was hospitalized in Tokyo Imperial University Hospital. The photo is Minister Koizumi and his daughter."

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img Woman using a telephone (ddr-njpa-4-2388)

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img The wife of Nobuaki Makino at Meiji Shrine (ddr-njpa-4-1016)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Elderly woman visits shrine before sunrise. The wife of Count Makino praying for peace during his trip. (Tokyo) October 7, 1946. There is an elegant old woman who has been walking the pebbled path to Meiji Shrine at 5:00 a.m., while it is still dark, since the 25th without missing one day. …

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img Hideo Kodama and others at Shibaura port (ddr-njpa-4-521)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Minster Kodama visits Tokyo Bay. Minister Kodama went to Shibaura at 1:00 p.m. on the 1st to observe Tokyo Port. The photo is the minister making observations at Shibaura wharf."

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img Japanese Army Major-General Kamesuke Nagamine (ddr-njpa-4-1070)

Caption on front [translation]: "Secretary of Tokorozawa Army Aviation School, Army Major-General Fifth Order Third-Class, Kamesuke Nagamine (Tokyo)."

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img Two photos of Sueo Ohye and another athlete (ddr-njpa-4-1562)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Welcome field meet for both players Ohye and Murakami. (Tokyo) May 23, 1937. A welcome field meet for both players Ohye and Murakami, hosted by the Japanese Field League, was held at Shiba Park stadium on the 22nd. Entries for this competition were led by both Ohye and Murakami, and after the …

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img Women's association leaders (ddr-njpa-4-1105)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "President Motono of Patriotic Women's Association. Celebration of her seventieth birthday. (Tokyo) March 2, 1937. The Patriotic Women's Association's 36th anniversary of their founding ceremony was held on the 2nd from 10:00 a.m. at the Patriotic Girls' School auditorium, then from 11:00 a.m. in Meguro a banquet was held to celebrate the …

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img Opera singer posing with Japanese soldiers (ddr-njpa-4-1359)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Summertime greeting. Summer 1932. 42 Banchi, 1 Cho-me, Shinami, Asabu, Tokyo, Takane Nanbu."

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img Masanori Katsu and a Seiyu Party leader (ddr-njpa-4-664)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Both parties' leaders make announcement. The start of a joint campaign with both the Minsei and Seiyu parties will be announced at Hibiya Town Hall on the 15th. In advance of that, Mr. Sunada from the Seiyu Party and Mr. Katsu of Minsei spoke to people at 6:25 p.m. on the 13th. …

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img A trial defendant with his lawyer and another man (ddr-njpa-4-1517)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "'Parachute that did not open' trial. November 21, 1937. When a test to establish the minimum dive world record was conducted with a Nonaka-style parachute, Seizo Higo (18 at the time) died because the parachute did not open. This incident has become known as 'the parachute that did not open,' and the …

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img Takiko Mizunoe and other women in a recording studio (ddr-njpa-4-740)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Miss Takiko Mizunoe recording. Takiko had her first recording. She has been putting a lot of effort into this first experience. The records will consist of two songs, 'Friends Are Wonderful,' written by Okuyama and composed by Kyosuke Kami, and 'Lovely Couple,' written by Taga and composed by Tashiro."

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img Agnes Yoshiko Miyakawa (ddr-njpa-4-1088)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "A songstress who grew up in a foreign country, Yoshiko Miyakawa came home. This morning a world-famous singer, Yoshiko Miyakawa, came home on the Ryuden Maru, arriving at Yokohama Bay. Yoshiko is still a bud at 19 years old. She played the leading role in 'Madam Butterfly' in Paris in January of …

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img Toshisada Maeda addressing the House of Peers (ddr-njpa-4-977)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Toshisada Maeda."

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img Suiun Komuro with wife and daughter at Tokyo Station (ddr-njpa-4-495)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Painter Komuro visits Europe. A giant star in Japanese painting circles, Suiun Komuro left for Europe accompanied by his wife and the painter Hiroshima. They left Tokyo Station at 9 a.m. on the 18th, and took the ship Miyazaki Maru from Kobe on the 20th. There were many people at the station …

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