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img Kikuko Matsumoto receiving flowers before a flight (ddr-njpa-4-843)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "First female pilot to fly to Manchuria. Miss Matsumoto departed in clear autumn weather. (Tokyo) October 23, 1934. With the important missions of friendship between Japan and Manchuria and an imperial military inquiry into Manchuria, our female pilot was planning her first flight to Manchuria. Miss Kikuko Matsumoto, 23, from Asia Pilot …

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img Mineo Osumi recording a speech (ddr-njpa-4-1818)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "[?] at the Yasukuni Shrine. (Tokyo) 1938 April 23. A special festival at the Yasukuni Shrine will be held from the 24th to the 28th. The spirits of those who died for their homeland, Japan, are honored at Yasukuni Shrine. The Emperor of Japan will come to the Yasukuni Shrine on the …

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img W. Cameron Forbes (ddr-njpa-1-372)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "US Ambassador to Japan W. Cameron Forbes ended his leave of absence of approximately 6 months, returning to work after entering Yokohama harbor before daybreak on the 5th aboard the Empress of Asia from Vancouver accompanied by Mrs. Forbes and Ms. Kendall [?]. The ambassador said the following aboard the ship: 'Although …

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img YMCA conference (ddr-densho-157-148)

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img Toraji Onaka seated at a piano (ddr-njpa-4-1687)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) February 11, 1936. The Music Department of the Imperial Court is going to produce Japanese court music which will be played by Western musical instruments. The melody of the Imperial Court music is expected to be popular worldwide. The Music Department of the Imperial Court hired newcomers to organize the wind …

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img Kohei Murakoso running in pre-Olympic trials (ddr-njpa-4-1151)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) May 23, 1936. National track meet held 11th all-Japan league. The third day of selections for the Berlin Olympics were held from 11 a.m. on the 23rd. The heavy rain from last night was letting up and soft beams of sunlight were coming through, but the track still had many puddles. …

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img Ikuo Oyama and his wife being led through a crowd under guard (ddr-njpa-4-1664)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ikuo Oyama and wife departed from Tokyo Station by train on the 17th at 12:30 p.m. because they could not receive [?] to Manchuria, going to America instead. Guards were very strict during this time, and when he got out from their taxi nobody was allowed near him because security guards, policemen …

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img Shumei Okawa and others (ddr-njpa-4-1586)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) June 16, 1936. Dr. Shumei Okawa, who is a civilian accessory of the 5.15 Incident, President of [?] (51), was judged [?] of Chief Justice Shimizu as an accessory to the Navy on December 24th last year. He was referred to [?] and received a penalty of five years' imprisonment ([?]), …

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img Mr. and Mrs. Naokichi Matsunaga with a Dutch minister and his wife (ddr-njpa-4-865)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Matsunaga left for his new post, ambassador to Holland. The new Japanese ambassador to Holland, Mr. Naokichi Matsunaga, with his wife, took a train from Tokyo Station at 12:52 p.m. on the 28th and left from Yokohama by ship. The picture shows, from the right, Ambassador Matsunaga and his wife at Tokyo …

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img Ryushi Kawabata in his studio (ddr-njpa-4-549)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ryushi Kawabata, the king of the Seiryusha exhibition, has been devoted to bringing along his pupils to his studio in Omori. At the same time, he has been working on his great pieces, 'Pearl' and 'South Winds.' The 'Pearl' is very rare in Japanese painting. The photo shows 'Pearl' and Mr. Kawabata …

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img Mineo Osumi in formal military dress (ddr-njpa-4-1799)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Commander-in-Chief Osumi. Ceremony of Imperial investiture for Admiral at the Imperial Palace. Osumi, Commander-in-Chief of the Yokosuka Naval District, and Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the first fleet and combined fleet, have been promoted to the position of [?]. The ceremony of Imperial investiture for the admirals will be held at the Imperial Court …

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img A man on a train with others (ddr-njpa-4-2164)

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img Yorinaga Matsudaira and Shoju Koyama surrounded by others (ddr-njpa-4-815)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "National envoys Matsudaira and Koyama arriving today in the capital city. For the upcoming ceremony, Abe's party, a special ambassador, and the national envoys, Koyama, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Matsudaira, chairman of the Houe of Peers, headed to Nanjing from Tokyo Station by 'Kamome' at 1:00 p.m. on the …

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img Tatsukichi Minobe reading his defense to the House of Peers (ddr-njpa-4-972)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "1, Defense, Dr. Minobe, and interpellator, Koyama, Minister of Justice (the House of Peers)."

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img A crowd giving a send-off to Kohei Murakoso (ddr-njpa-4-1154)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Murakoso's departure. Athlete Murakoso made the starting line for his departure to the front. He is a Tokyo Olympics hopeful. The photo is athlete Murakoso greeting people who came to his home to send him off at Yotsuya."

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img Takiko Mizunoe posing with a man and woman (ddr-njpa-4-745)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Takiko goes to America. Takiko Mizunoe will be going to the U.S. for a 3-month recital after finishing an 11-year contract with Shochiku. She will leave from Yokohama on May 11th by the ship Tatsuta Maru. Takiko visited the Ministry of Foreign Affair, accompanied by her vocal teacher, Mr. Murayama, and an …

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img Uichiro Ogura working on a relief memorializing Heihachiro Togo (ddr-njpa-4-1737)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) May 7, 1935. Master craftsman Uichiro Ogura completed a relief sculpture which features army general Togo, who is recognized as a hero on the 27th. The 27th will memorialize the 30th anniversary of the Russo-Japanese War. Togo is with his staff officers on the warship Mikasa in the relief. This relief …

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img A man leaving court with his lawyers and others (ddr-njpa-4-1516)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "At last, innocence in case where parachute did not open. Shoji Nonaka, inventor and creator, who lives at 617 Kashiwara city, Osaka, is not guilty in our first aviation incident of "the parachute that did not open. The photo shows attorney Watanabe, attorney Mori, Mr. Nonaka, and Air Colonel Murakami, from left."

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img Haguroyama and his bride (ddr-njpa-4-10)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Wedding of Sumo Champion Haguroyama. (Tokyo) Domei 7th. Sumo Champion Haguroyama married the second daughter of the master Iyaemon Tatsunami, Kinuyo, and had a wedding ceremony."

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img Hideo Kodama observing Banking Bureau employees working with abacuses (ddr-njpa-4-506)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "On the morning of the 6th, Mr. Kodama woke up at home in Ushigome-Yakuoji town. It was a fine day with a clear blue sky. He visited the Communications Bureau, the central post office, the Central Telecommunications Bureau, and then visited the Banking Bureau in Azabu and the Electricity Research Institute in …

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img Shumei Okawa (ddr-njpa-4-1583)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Bail for Dr. Shumei Okawa. (Tokyo) November 13, 1944. Dr. Okawa and [?] received a penalty of imprisonment for accessory from Chief Justice Yoshida. During their appeal they asked to leave prison for treatment of [?] and [?]. On the 12th, their proposal was accepted by the prosecutor and they left the …

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img Hideo Kodama (ddr-njpa-4-505)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) April 22, 1935. Minister Kodama organized the report on [. . .] Bay disaster damage to submit to the Police Department of Ministry [. . .] Minister Kodama made an appointment to report about the damage of the disaster to the Emperor. The photo is Minister Kodama."

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img Onoe Kikugoro VI and a man (ddr-njpa-4-1770)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Yogyo conference of the sixth generation. (Tokyo) November 28, 1936. After finishing negotiations with the sixth generation of Onoe Kikugoro, Mr. Tsurumi reported he will go into [?] of classic Kabuki [?] on the 27th. To make concrete plans such as the production of [?], the first conference was held at 12:30 …

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img Mineo Osumi's daughters and sons-in-law at his funeral (ddr-njpa-4-1777)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Wake for the late Osumi at the admiral's house. The wake for the late Admiral Osumi and the wakes for the others have been held by the bereaved. They gathered before the spirits at the altar of the deceased on the 19th. From the right, Mr. Ikuta, Mrs. Ikuta, whose first name …

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img Onoe Kikugoro VI posing for Gertrude Farquharson Boyle Kanno (ddr-njpa-4-1768)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kikugoro VI poses for a portrait bust. (Tokyo) September 29, 1935. After Mr. Gertrude Boyle, a woman sculptor, saw a play featuring Kikugoro VI, she decided she would like a sculpture of him because his face is fascinating as a Japanese man. Yanagisawa, chief of the third section of Cultural [?] of …

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