Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Wurger]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

 

[Shinpachi]

The British Manchukuo Industrial Mission returns to Tokyo from Manchukuo to greet Emperor on October 22, 1934.

Members at the British Embassy

Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Oct. 1934)

 

[Shinpachi]

Beautiful top hats fascinate a Japanese photographer.
They do me too.

Source: Ihei Kimura's Photograph Collection (1955)

Source: Modern Japanese Photography Vol.1 - Ihei Kimura (1959)

 

[Shinpachi]

Photographer Ihei Kimura (1901-1974)

Source: 木村伊兵衛と画家たちの見たパリ 色とりどり

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Persian new minister to Japan Mr. Mirza Bageroohan Azimi and his wife arrive on October 18, 1934.

Mr.&Mrs. Azimi at the palace

Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Oct. 1934)

 

[Wurger]

 

[ARTESH]

Persian new minister to Japan Mr. Mirza Bageroohan Azimi and his wife arrive on October 18, 1934.

Mr.&Mrs. Azimi at the palace
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Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Oct. 1934)

میرزا باقر خان نظم الملک عظیمی

Mirza Baqer Khan Nazm-ol-Molk Azimi

According this Wiki link, he was Governor of Gilan province, before sent to Japan.

باقر عظیمی - ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد

fa.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Shinpachi]

میرزا باقر خان نظم الملک عظیمی

Mirza Baqer Khan Nazm-ol-Molk Azimi

According this Wiki link, he was Governor of Gilan province, before sent to Japan.

باقر عظیمی - ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد

fa.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks for your information, ARTESH

 

[ARTESH]

Thanks for your information, ARTESH

You're welcome.

 

[ARTESH]

And if I learnt my Japanese lesson's well, that "double O", is from transcribing from Japanese to English. Saying this, because have seen those "added vowels" quite a lot in non Japanese names, written in Japanese.

 

[Shinpachi]

And if I learnt my Japanese lesson's well, that "double O", is from transcribing from Japanese to English. Saying this, because have seen those "added vowels" quite a lot in non Japanese names, written in Japanese.

Thanks. Original Japanese text is "ミルザ・バゲールーハーン・アジミ" for the Mirza Bageroohan Azimi.

 

[stug3]

Shinpachi, have you ever considered starting a photo thread dedicated to Japanese history and culture? Your photos are extremely interesting and for the most part Im guessing, not commonly seen on websites not originating in Japan. It would be a great reference resource and more easily searchable as opposed to them being lost in many pages of a random photo thread.

Just an idea, Thanks

 

[ARTESH]

I strongly agree with what stug3 said!

 

[ARTESH]

This wiki article is about Iranian ambassadors to Japan, from 1930 to 2018:

List of ambassadors of Iran to Japan - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Shinpachi]

Shinpachi, have you ever considered starting a photo thread dedicated to Japanese history and culture? Your photos are extremely interesting and for the most part Im guessing, not commonly seen on websites not originating in Japan. It would be a great reference resource and more easily searchable as opposed to them being lost in many pages of a random photo thread.

Just an idea, Thanks

Thanks for your interest, stug3.
I can understand that your suggestion is a very good idea for academic researchers but it does not look realistic for me to introduce these many boring picutures which occupy 90% of them even with my translation/explanation for each shot. I hear that Japan National Diet Library is preparing to release them with English explanation in the near future. Membership is requested for browsing and is also limited to people living in Japan at the moment but this will be lifted then.

 

[Shinpachi]

Dai-ichi Seimei life insurance company's new head office building in Tokyo built in 1938.
Later used as GHQ by the Allies.

Source: Construction Yearbook (1940)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The rest

Source: Construction Yearbook (1940)