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    Kinyukai’s Chushu party

    Kinyukai was a mutual support organization for ethnic Korean residents of Nagashima-Aiseien. Everyone celebrated Chushu (on August 15 under the lunar calendar).

    1970, National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien, Okayama, Japan. More details
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    Title Kinyukai’s Chushu party
    Title(Original language) 槿友会の仲秋の宴
    Year 1970
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien, Okayama
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 槿友会は長島愛生園の在日朝鮮人の互助組織。秋夕(陰暦の8月15日)を皆で迎えた。