Framing the fight
Updated: 2014-03-16 08:09
By Deng Zhangyu(China Daily)
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An exhibition captures more than 50 years of war between Japan and China, Deng Zhangyu reports.
A photo exhibition on Japan's aggression against China from 1894 to 1945 is being held by the China Photographers Association. Entitled Study on Photos Taken by Japan from 1894 to 1945, the exhibition presents photos capturing big campaigns between Japan and China. On display are more than 100 photos taken by photographers, soldiers, organizations and news agencies from Japan. Several hundred picture books published by newspapers Yomiuri Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun recorded Japan's invasion of Chinese cities like Nanjing, Shanghai and Wuxi as well as large-scale wars between Japan and China before 1945. Some pictures show the Japanese troops' violence against Chinese people during the Nanjing Massacre. "The materials on display show that Japan has collected information about China in all fields. The collection reached its peak before World War II," says the curator Zeng Huang.
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Mounds of bodies of people killed in the Nanjing Massacre. Photos Provided to China Daily |
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This picture of captive Chinese soldiers is from a 23-piece Japanese personal photographic album that recorded Japan's military aggression in Fengtiancheng (now Shenyang) in Liaoning province. |
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This private photograph of the Japanese army depicts a scene in which Japan's military captured the Jilin provincial government in Changchun. |
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In October, 1938 Japanese armies attacked Huangshi in Hubei province. It was the last combat before they conquered Wuhan, the provincial capital. The photo was taken by a Japanese army photographer. |
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The caption of this photo, taken by a Japanese photographer, reads: "Japanese armies are conquering Tianjin in May 1938." |
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Liugong Island in Weihai, Shandong province, was the headquaters of the Beiyang Naval Units. During the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the Beiyang Fleet suffered a crushing defeat and in the spring of 1895, the island was occupied by Japanese forces. |
(China Daily 03/16/2014 page6)