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    Family visit

    Nothing made residents happier than visits from family and relatives, but they almost never came.

    1970, National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen, Tokyo, Japan. More details
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    Title Family visit
    Title(Original language) 面会人
    Year 1970
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Tama Zenshoen, Tokyo
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 入所者にとって家族や親戚の訪問が一番嬉しいことであったが、身内が面会に訪れることはほとんどなかった。