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Historic Events

“Breaking through the barrier” propaganda postcard, Yànménguān (Yanmen) Pass, Shanxi Province, China, 1937.
Commemorating the establishment of the colonial office of Chosen (Korea) Governor-General, 1910.
I.J.A. Engineering Corps, c. 1905.
“Life in the Army” series, IJAAS parade field fly-over, c. 1914.
Grand Kyoto Coronation Exposition, Kyoto, 1928.
“Hōjō Sōun (Ise Shinkurō) laying seige to Odawara Castle”, published c. 1930.
Armistice Celebration Ending the Great War, Tokyo, November 1918.
59th Ise Jingu Shikinen Sengu Anniversary commemorative postcard, 1953.
Mt. Kasagi postcard series, Kyoto, c. 1930.
I.J.N. torpedo boat squadron, Russo-Japanese War, c. 1904.
Crown Prince Hirohito’s Return to Japan from Europe, 1921.
The Enthronement of Emperor Hirohito, 1928.
50th Anniversary commemorative postcard series, Meiji Gakuin, Tokyo, 1913.
“The Shanghai Trouble” postcard series, 1932.
11th Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo Torch Relay commemorative postcard, 1972.
“Five Important Persons of the New Government”, commemorative postcard, c. 1910.
Early victories of the Great East Asia War, propaganda postcard series, c. 1942.
“General Head-Quarters of the Manchurian Armies in Mukden”, 1906.
Air Mail Flying Contest commemorative postcards, 1920-1921.
2600th Anniversary Founding of Japan commemorative postcard, Bureau of Crime Prevention, 1940.
“Battle of the Yalu River”, Russo-Japanese War commemorative postcard, 1906.
“Priest Gessho tsukusu ma de” (Serving Priest Gessho until exhausted), c. 1920.
“Souvenir of the Naval Manoevre, Oct. 23, 1905”, Mitsukoshi Department Store advertising postcard, 1905.

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