An Asahi Shimbun reporter showed 127 postcards/pictures to Yamaguchi in her home between 2007 and 2008. Below are about one half of these, for the other half click here.
She made voice-comments on many of them which he made recordings of and which, unfortunately, I could not include herein below. However, what you see are the actual numbered pictures and the Google translish comments. As I have already commented, a golden opportunity was lost because none of the below images are from Yoshiko's private collection of pictures and memorabilia from her past. Instead, the below photos are mainly generic (being mostly only postcards). Yoshiko's comments on them often reveal interesting details not shown in her memoirs.
She made voice-comments on many of them which he made recordings of and which, unfortunately, I could not include herein below. However, what you see are the actual numbered pictures and the Google translish comments. As I have already commented, a golden opportunity was lost because none of the below images are from Yoshiko's private collection of pictures and memorabilia from her past. Instead, the below photos are mainly generic (being mostly only postcards). Yoshiko's comments on them often reveal interesting details not shown in her memoirs.
Below is the bridge which featured so prominently in the film "China Nights" of 1939. The story that Yoshiko recounts is one of a Korean comfort-woman who happened to be a spectator to the movie-scene where Yoshiko picks paper-flowers off a tree while singing the theme song. The Korean lady is able to actually meet Yoshiko much later in life when Yoshiko was with the Asian Women's Fund. Note Yoshiko's final comment: "I think the Japanese have done something really sinful in China".
The below picture shows the famous Hanshan Temple near Fengqiao, site of a famous Tang Dynasty poem called 枫桥夜泊 "Fēng Qiáo Yè Bó" or "Maple Bridge Night Park" by Tang poet Zhāng Jì.
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For the other half of 127 images, click here.
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