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    Korean language lesson

    For residents who still wanted to learn their mother tongue even though they had never set foot in their native country, other residents would act as teachers at nighttime study sessions.

    c. 1960s, National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen, Tokyo, Japan. More details
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    Title Korean language lesson
    Title(Original language) ハングル講座
    Year c. 1960s
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen, Tokyo
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 祖国の地をふむことはできなくても、せめて母国語を学びたいと、夜、入所者を先生役に勉強会を開いた。