[JAPANESE SOLDIER'S WWII PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF HUZHOU REGION].

湖州ノ思出. [Koshu no omoide].
[Remembering Huzhou].

[Japan]. 1938 - 1942. Stock ID #220261

Thirty-seven black and white photographs laid down in a Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd album with fifteen black and white photographs loosely inserted (sizes vary between 5 x 5.8cm to 16.5 x 11.3cm), a number of photographs are missing, Japanese captions neatly written on leaves, 22.5 x 31cm, 58pp. Last eleven leaves, five photographs and the lower cover damp stained. Covers marked and chipped.

Titled "Remembering Huzhou", this photographic album contains thirty-seven black and white photographs mounted within, together with a further fifteen loose photographs inserted. Most of the images appear to have been taken while the compiler’s unit was stationed in southern China. The owner was most likely an infantry soldier posted to the Huzhou region around 1938. Although thirty-seven photographs now remain attached and fifteen loosely inserted, it is evident that others have been removed, possibly to obscure the owner’s identity. The surviving captions indicate the nature of the missing images.

The photographs present a notably peaceful atmosphere during the period of occupation in the Guangdong and Huzhou areas, with no depictions of conflict or fighting. The compiler evidently had access to a personal camera and developing facilities during his time in China. It appears that the unit may at one stage have been stationed on the campus of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong. Towards the end of the album a family photograph of four children on a beach is included. The captions throughout are often humorous and convey a sense of familiarity with the subjects. The inserted photographs extend the chronological range slightly, dating to approximately 1942.

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