This pair of identical Japanese photos of a man is dated on the backs of one of the mattings, as having been taken in June of Meiji 40 (1907), and was shot by T. Kudo photo studio of Tokyo City. The inscription also give the man's name, and says that he is 61 years old.

These images are in basically good condition. There are no tears or significant scratches, but there are some smudges and some age-spots. The detail is good but the focus softens a little under magnification. The tones in the close-up sample scans are fairly close to those of the actual images.

The mattings have some smudges and wear with a little damage at the edges and corners of one of them.

Image:
Each is about W2 1/4" (57mm) X H3 7/16" (87mm).

Matting:
Each is about W3" (76mm) X H4 5/8" (118mm) X D1/16" (2mm).

This item is set to ship via Air Mail, and should arrive within 7-14 days after being posted.
The postage charge shown for this listing applies to shipping anywhere in the world outside of Asia.



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