Japanese Empress' sister and her brother

Countess Tomoko Otani is photographed in a kimono holding a musical score with her brother Count Higashi sitting at a piano behind her. She is recording a phonograph of a Buddhist hymn in Tokyo.

Publication date: 1932-01-17

Size: 15 x 12.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Japan
• Tokyo (Japan)

Subject(s):

• Nobility--Japan--1930-1940
• Sound recording--Japan--Tokyo--1930-1940
• Tomoko, Higashi
• Tomoko, Otani

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 17, 1932), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm). Press Service