The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Drawn from a private Japanese family album, these photographs move between the home front and the North China campaigns of the Second Sino-Japanese War, with memorial processions, military funerals, and street ceremonies set beside army columns crossing eroded loess terrain. A condolence letter on army stationery and a 1942 certificate of thanks for war-relief donations show how public ritual and private grief were bound together.
Street Memorial Ceremony with Military Honor Line and Floral Tribute, Wartime Japan
Military Memorial Procession Along a City Street, Kokura, Japan, Wartime Period
Japanese District Memorial/Send-off Ceremony, Street Scene with Uniformed Men and Hinomaru Flags, WWII Era
Military Funeral Honor Guard and Procession, Kokura, Japan, Wartime Period
Procession Honoring Fallen Imperial Japanese Army Soldiers with Named Memorial Banners, Japan, Wartime Period
Japanese Army Memorial Procession with Funerary Banners, City Street Scene
Imperial Japanese Army Funeral Procession for a Deceased Infantry Sergeant
Japanese Military Funeral Procession with Memorial Portrait and Remains Box
Portrait of an Imperial Japanese Army Soldier, WWII Era
Group Portrait of an Imperial Japanese Army Unit, Late 1930s-Early 1940s
Handwritten Japanese Certificate of Thanks for War-Relief Donations, Dated Showa 17 (1942)
Imperial Japanese Army Soldier Posing with a Bactrian Camel, North China/Mongolia Theater
Portrait of a Young Imperial Japanese Army Soldier at a Field Position
Two Japanese Soldiers Resting on a Mountain Summit During a Field Campaign
218276-Untitled-24 — Japanese Album One
Fortified Mud-Brick Watchtower on a Loess Cliff, North China Campaign
Group Portrait of an Imperial Japanese Army Unit at a Garrison Barracks
Full-Length Portrait of a Japanese Soldier in a Mountainous Field Camp
Imperial Japanese Army Soldiers Atop a Section of the Great Wall of China
Japanese Soldiers Beside Salvaged Brick Piles Near a Chinese Temple Complex
Panoramic View of a Loess Plateau Village Valley, North China
Large-Scale Group Portrait of an Imperial Japanese Army Company at a Garrison Barracks
Japanese Army Mountain Gun Crew Firing from a Ravine Position, North China
Rural Farmstead with Loess Dwelling and Drying Corn, China, WWII Era
Japanese Army Infantry Column on the March Through Rugged Terrain
Degraded Panoramic View of a North China Village Valley (Damaged Print)
Chinese Auxiliary Militia Armed with Traditional Spears, Posed with Japanese Army Officers
Japanese Army Soldiers in Defensive Positions Atop a Fortified Wall, North China
Japanese Army Column Advancing Through a Mountain Pass, North China Campaign
Japanese Soldiers and Pack Horse Traversing a Snow-Covered Mountain Slope, Winter Campaign
Japanese Servicemen on Cleaning Fatigue Duty at a Barracks Building
Formal Ceremony Assembly of an Imperial Japanese Army Unit in a Garrison Courtyard
Mounted Official and Armed Escort at a Walled Compound Gate, China/Manchuria
Aerial/Elevated View of a Walled Town on the Loess Plateau, Northern China - WWII Japanese Photo Album
Japanese Army Personnel Questioning Local Civilians in Occupied Courtyard, China, WWII Era
Group Portrait at a Shinto Shrine with Departing Soldier and Community Members
Group Portrait of Japanese National Defense Women's Association Members with Soldier and Children at Shrine Gathering, WWII Era
Imperial Japanese Army Formation Assembled for Ceremony in Barracks Courtyard, WWII Era
Japanese Army Column Crossing Narrow Ridge Path in Eroded Loess Terrain, North China Campaign, WWII Era
Handwritten Japanese Album Page with Ruled Data Table – Japanese Photo Album One
Imperial Japanese Army Itemized List of a Deceased Soldier's Personal Effects (Ihin Meisaisho), WWII Era
Portrait of a Young Man in Civilian Dress Before a Wooden Farm Building, Rural Japan, WWII Era
Hand-Drawn Battle Sketch Map, Japanese Wartime Photo Album (Showa Era)
Handwritten Condolence Letter from a Japanese Army Company Commander to a Fallen Soldier's Family, Dated Showa 14 (1939)
Continuation Page of Handwritten Condolence Letter on Japanese Army Stationery, WWII Era
Continuation Page of Handwritten Condolence Letter on Japanese Army Stationery, WWII Era (Page 2)
