An Imperial Japanese Navy Officer's Studio Photograph
Black and white photograph, obverse illustrating a seated Japanese Naval officer in full dress uniform, in a studio setting, his left hand resting upon a downward-pointing sword, wearing the Korean Empire Order of the Eight Trigrams 5th Class badge on his left breast, the photo measuring 92 mm x 138 mm and mounted to a 118 mm x 176 mm thick card, emboss stamped "Photograph" in running script with a Japanese inscription immediately to the right, reverse with a Japanese inscription in black ink, the photo itself exhibiting curling at the bottom right and overall spotting, light soiling on the reverse, better than very fine.

