Japan - China - Manchuria - Postcards (Set of 13) - 1932

13 b/w postcards of from Japan ocuppied chinese territory in Manchukuo. City of Hsinching.

Made in Wakayama [Kansai, Japan]
Taisho Hato Brand.

Changchun, capital of Jilin province, China, on the railroad between Harbin and Dalian.
In 1931 the city was occupied by Japanese imperialists, who declared it the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo and renamed it Hsinching, or New Capital. It was liberated by the Soviet Army in August 1945.

Dimension: 14x8.9cm.

Slightly soiled.