Japan. A First War Period Photo of Soldiers Standing in a Courtyard
Japan; Black and white, faded to a sepia-toned look, illustrating a group of about three dozen Japanese soldiers, along with a few civilians, standing in a bricked courtyard, in front of a building with a tiled roof, an entrance way to the building in the centre with crossed Japanese flags framing it, a few of the officers at the left wearing awards on their left breasts, a large bell in front of the soldiers at the right, 65 mm x 93 mm, the photo mounted to a white panelled card, 81 mm x 126 mm, edge nicks and surface peeling evident on both sides of the mounting board, light soiling, very fine.

