Rare set of original Japanese military photographs dating from the Taishō era / early Shōwa period, circa 1920s.

Includes 4 album pages containing 17 original silver gelatin photographs.

Uncommon documentary military subjects

including:

Japanese artillery maneuvers

military railway transport

field and troop life scenes

soldiers and military equipment

Photos feature original handwritten Japanese captions.

These are authentic period photographs, NOT modern reproductions.

Removed from an old Japanese photo album.

Overall good antique condition with normal age wear, marks and slight album/page deformation visible in pictures.

Rare historical militaria and photography collection piece.

Sold as found.

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