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[nuuumannn]

OK, here goes-

Fabulous! Bravo!

 

[manta22]

Makita Co. (牧田商店) then and now.

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I may be wrong but this is Makita Co Ltd in Tokyo now as I found no other Makita's.
I have enjoyed your photo album very much, manta.
Thank you very much
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You have done excellent research- thank you so much for following up on these pictures, Shinpachi.

 

[Snautzer01]

Postwar i think.

1. Vintage Japanese Photograph Military Photo Japan WW2 WW11 1940 Uniforms Men | eBay
2. Vintage Japanese Photograph Military Photo Japan WW2 WW11 1940s Soldiers Buses | eBay

 

[Shinpachi]

Postwar i think.

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1. Vintage Japanese Photograph Military Photo Japan WW2 WW11 1940 Uniforms Men | eBay
2. Vintage Japanese Photograph Military Photo Japan WW2 WW11 1940s Soldiers Buses | eBay

Yes, they are high-school students during a graduation trip at Tohno, Iwate Prefecture hanging many expensive cameras circa 1955. Costume in the back of #1 and #2 pics is of the Deer Dance.

Deer Dance

Source: 遠野郷八幡宮にて太鼓踊系鹿踊 奉納 を見学 6月22日 204年 | 五感で味わう自然のめぐみ

 

[Wurger]

 

[manta22]

Shinpachi, Thank you for the information on the camera. Here is a photo that was taken with it in 1949.

At the end of the war there were remaining stocks of raw material such as sheet aluminum so it was used to build items for sale so that income could be generated for their workers. I will take a photo of that trunk and post it.

Shinpachi, here is a cell phone picture of the Japanese-made aluminum trunk we bought in the Tokyo PX. It is marked "AIKOKU" which is probably the manufacturer or seller's name; perhaps you know something about this company? As you can see, it is constructed of aircraft materials using aircraft techniques. The aluminum Has accumulated a little corrosion over the past 74 years so the aluminum alloy is not "Alclad" but probably some high strength alloy was used for the flat panels and a more easily formed alloy for the formed pieces.
We had to break one hasp when we lost the key. I may be wrong about the Mitsubishi connection.
"CPO" = Central Purchasing Office, "GHQ" = General Headquarters, "FEC" = Far East Command.

 

[Shinpachi]

Shinpachi, here is a cell phone picture of the Japanese-made aluminum trunk we bought in the Tokyo PX. It is marked "AIKOKU" which is probably the manufacturer or seller's name; perhaps you know something about this company? As you can see, it is constructed of aircraft materials using aircraft techniques. The aluminum Has accumulated a little corrosion over the past 74 years so the aluminum alloy is not "Alclad" but probably some high strength alloy was used for the flat panels and a more easily formed alloy for the formed pieces.
We had to break one hasp when we lost the key. I may be wrong about the Mitsubishi connection.
"CPO" = Central Purchasing Office, "GHQ" = General Headquarters, "FEC" = Far East Command.

Thank you very much for sharing so fantastic historical pictures again, manta
Aikoku looks like the Aikoku Industries Co Ltd (愛国工業株式会社) established in 1943 as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The company is now called "Aikoku Alpha Corporation" as a leading maker of factory equipments for Mitsubishi and others.

 

[manta22]

Thank you very much for sharing so fantastic historical pictures again, manta
Aikoku looks like the Aikoku Industries Co Ltd (愛国工業株式会社) established in 1943 as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The company is now called "Aikoku Alpha Corporation" as a leading maker of factory equipments for Mitsubishi and others.

Thank you so much, Shinpachi. You are a wealth of information! So the Mitsubishi connection is true!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thank you so much, Shinpachi. You are a wealth of information! So the Mitsubishi connection is true!

My pleasure, manta.
Your memory is correct

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Japanese kids building scale gliders in 1941.
I remember my elder brother and I built many scale gliders under my father's "earnest" instruction in the 1950s.

Source: Photo Culture (Nov.1941)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Portable darkroom invented in the US introduced to the Japanese people in November 1941.

Source: Photo Culture (Nov.1941)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Female photographer Eiko Yamazawa studied photography in the US and opens new era for the Japanese people in 1940.

With her assistant Sachiko Saiki.

Her studio in Osaka.

One of her lovely works.

Source: Photo Times (Oct.1940)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Eiko Yamazawa (1899-1995) did not marry and dedicated her life to photography.

Photographer and Model (1955)

Kids in NYC (1955)

Japanese kid (1960)

Source: Eiko Yamazawa Photo Album : Perspective (1962)

 

[Wurger]

 

[manta22]

What photographer Shunkichi Kikuchi(1916-1990) saw in color.

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Source: The Japanese Army Wings of the Second World War (1972)

The photo of the pilot in his fur-lined flying suit reminded me that when I was 10 years old living in Grant Heights (Tokyo) I bought a brand new suit like that from a small shop along one of the small side streets in Tokyo. The suit was a sort of canvas material with rabbit fur lining and electrical wire heating. I think I paid maybe 500 Yen for it. (360 Y per 1$ in those days).

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for sharing an interesting story, manta
500 yen at the time would be about 100 dollars today, which was a good buy for sure.
Your story reminds me of this "Ameyoko" side street beside the Ueno Station. This was famous for such military surplus when I was a kid. The narrow and crowded alley is same as old times.

Ameyoko in 1949

Source: 戦後70年を写真と映像でふりかえる｜ビジュアル年表 ：朝日新聞デジタル

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This Nakata Co (中田商店) is one of the oldest ones there

Source: ミリタリーショップ 革ジャン 中田商店