A Japanese photographic album spread headed The Truth of the Incident’s Outbreak combines a railway view with alleged sabotage material, documents, portraits, and anti-Japanese printed matter.

1932 · Photographic album spread

“The Truth of the Incident’s Outbreak,” from Photographic Album of the Manchurian Incident

South Manchuria Railway Company, General Affairs Department, General Affairs Section

Why it matters

The spread reveals how a corporation central to Japanese colonial rule converted a staged military pretext into a dense visual performance of official proof.

Publication
Photographic Album of the Manchurian Incident, 1932 edition
Holding institution
National Diet Library, Japan
Shelfmark
Bibliographic ID 000001231781; DOI 10.11501/1908955; image 11
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

Citation

South Manchuria Railway Company, General Affairs Department, General Affairs Section, comp. Photographic Album of the Manchurian Incident, 1932 edition. South Manchuria Railway Company, 1932, pp. 7–8. National Diet Library, DOI 10.11501/1908955.