Prince Chichibu as a Colonel of the Japanese Army with his wife Setsuko Matsudaira visiting wounded soldiers from the Battles of Khalkhin Gol against the Soviets, Manchukuo 1939.



Prince Chichibu visiting wounded soldiers 

Japanese naval landing forces marching with the naval flag during the Canton Operation to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials, December 1938.


Canton Operation

Kwantung Army Troops entering the Mongolian Border Town of  Tauran after expelling Soviet and Mongolian troops from the Region, March 1936.