Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) August 26, 1936. Spanish Ambassador Santiago Mendez de Vigo, at the Spanish legation on the 26th [illegible]."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) September 10, 1936. [illegible] the former Spanish ambassador departed on the [illegible] at 3 p.m. on the 10th [illegible]. Photograph: 1. (from right) Kobe Consul Costello [?], Ambassador Vigo, Councilor Morena [?], and the ambassador's wife."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "First Anniversary of Recognition of Franco's Government. Directors Ito and Masakuni of the Japanese-German-Italian Friendship Society wished to give gifts to General Franco and Ambassador de Vigo to commemorate the one year anniversary of the empire recognizing the Franco regime in Spain as a friendly anti-communist nation, so visited the Spanish legation …

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Spanish Ambassador Presents Credentials - at the Phoenix Hall in the Palace - Santiago Mendez de Vigo, recently appointed the first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan since the revolution in the Spanish republic, visited the imperial palace at 11 a.m. on the 25th at the invitation of Court Ceremonies Official Soma. …