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1940s

“Stepping on virgin snow”, Shiga Kogen, Nagano, c. 1940.
Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka, c. 1940.
Indian Ocean raid (“Operation C”), Imperial Japanese Navy, 1942.
“Imperial marine paratroopers at the Battle of Manado”, propaganda postcard, 1942.
Sinking the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse propaganda postcard, 1941.
Final Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Review, 1940.
Surrender of the US & Philippine armies at Bataan, Philippines, April 9, 1942.
Nohonshugi (“Agrarian fundamentalism”) propaganda postcard, c. 1940.
“Anytime!!” Preparations for invasion, propaganda postcard, 1945.
“Patriotic March” (“Aikoku koshinkyoku”) propaganda postcard, c. 1937.
“War tuba”, acoustic detection array, c. 1935.
Attack on Pearl Harbor propaganda postcard, c. 1942.
“Night snow at Kanbara”, Hiroshige postcard reproduction, c. 1940.
“Salt fields at Mita”, c. 1940.
Tanabata Matsuri (Star Festival), c. 1940.
Nozawa & Bros. department store, Yokohama, c. 1940.
C55 Streamlined Locomotive and Mt. Fuji, c. 1940.
“Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” propaganda postcard, 1942.
Yokosuka Naval Base (U.S.), c. 1949.
Matthew C. Perry Landing Memorial, Kurihama, c. 1949.
Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, c. 1940.
Post-war Ginza, 1945.
“Solid nation union to sail in rough sea” propaganda postcard, c. 1940.

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