An Imperial Japanese Navy Officer's Studio Photograph Archive It is maker marked “M4/22”

It is maker marked “M4/22” (Christian Theodor Dicke) on the reverse

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An Imperial Japanese Navy Officer's Studio Photograph Archive It is maker marked “M4/22”Black and white photograph, obverse illustrating a seated Japanese Naval officer in full dress uniform, in a studio setting, his left hand resting upon a downward pointing sword, wearing the Korean Empire Order of the Eight Trigrams 5th Class badge on his left breast, the photo measuring 92 mm x 138 mm and mounted to a 118 mm x 176 mm thick card, emboss stamped "Photograph" in running script with a Japanese inscription immediately to the right,