Historical Photographs of China

Yoshiko Kawashima, in the garden of the restaurant 'Tokoro'

Yoshiko Kawashima, in the garden of the restaurant 'Tokoro'

Collection

Tianjin Post Cards

Identifier

Gr02-007

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Gr02-007. Translation of the Japanese caption on the photograph: In the garden of the restaurant 'Tokoro' ('Dong Xing Lou' in Mandarin). Sitting in the middle: Yoshiko Kawashima. Yoshiko’s younger sister is to the right of Yoshiko. Far left: pupil of Cui Cheng Xi. Far right: employee of Shimizu foreign goods store. Yoshiko Kawashima (24 May 1907 - 25 March 1948) was a Manchu princess and famous spy. In this photograph, she is wearing Japanese women's clothes, rather than her usual male attire. Aisin Gioro Xianyu;Dongzhen;Jin Bihui (simplified Chinese: 金璧辉; traditional Chinese: 金璧輝; pinyin: Jīn Bìhuī).

Location

Tianjin

Estimated Date

1937-1945

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph