JAPAN, 1930'S. A JAPANESE FAMILY PORTRAIT, FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE WORLD WAR 2 OFFICIAL ...

Place Asia: Japan
Accession Number P01626.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

JAPAN, 1930'S. A JAPANESE FAMILY PORTRAIT, FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE WORLD WAR 2 OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, LIEUTENANT EDWARD ALBERT ALEXANDER WATSON, AND PRESUMABLY FOUND AMONG THE EFFECTS OF A DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER. THE MAN SEATED AT THE FAR LEFT IS WEARING THE PRE-1937 UNIFORM OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY. THE OTHER UNIFORMED MALES ARE WEARING SCHOOL OR COLLEGE UNIFORMS IN THE MILITARY STYLE THAT WAS THEN IN VOGUE. (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE.) (DONOR: W. DUNDAS)