C. 1924 - 1930 Collection of 12 Images of the Japanese Royal Family and the Japanese Ambassadors to the United States at the Time, Along with a Few Related Photographs
(Japan)
Washington, D.C.: Henry Miller, News Picture Service, 1924. Collection of images from the archive of the Miller services, having their backstamp (unless otherwise noted) include: Official photograph of Princess Chichibu of Japan wearing wedding gown (Miss Setsu Matsudaira (1909-1995) wife of Prince Chichibu (Yasuhito) daughter of the former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.); Another of Miss Setsuko Matsudaira, with her mother, visiting the empress Dowager at Higashi-Gosho Aoyama before her wedding; Empress Nagako posed with her coronoation gown & crowned, in preparation for her official coronation as Empress; Empress Nagako while expecting her second child; Japanese Ambassador (1924) Tsueno Matsudaira & Mme. Matsudaira in Washington D.C. during the cherry blossom blooming; (C. 1930) Japanese Prince and Princess Acompanied by the Japanese Ambassador view the cherry blossoms in Washington (Princess and Prince Takamatsu and Madam and Ambassador Dobuchi, during the royal couple's honeymoon tour around the world); Ambassador Matsudaira & his wife and family; Prince Kan-In (Field Marshall Kotohito), Empress Nagako of Japan and Prince Tokugawa (Iesato) photographed at the Constitution Memorial Hall in Tokyo; C. 1930 H.H. Princess Kazuko Taka, on her first birthday (1929-1989) wife of Toshimichi Takatsukasa and third daughter of Emperor Sho-wa and Empress Ko-jun, sister to the present Emperor of Japan, Emperor Akihito; Tokyo Military Academy Band Broadcasts Birth of a Grand-Daughter to Their Majesties (Toyama Military Academy band in radio station); Pacific Flyer Mr. Suo (Actually printed Uicho Sawa, Japanese Aviator - "...one of the four fliers will attempt a non-stop flight from Japan to the United States next spring.") this image with the Teikoku Tsushinsha Photograph Service Kyobashiku Tokyo Japan official stamp on back of image, evidently supplied to Miller; Group of happy Japanese children enjoying the slides in Shiba Park Tokyo (most visible women and some children in kimono); varying sizes, most about 6" x 8" size; most images are accompanied by the typed press announcements, a couple are detached and present; a little creasing, edgewear; overall, in very good condition and an interesting group portraying the important royalty in Japan at the time. Very Good (Item ID: 20390)
$450.00
