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It was photographed before 1 January 1957 and was not published within 10 years from the year following the photographing.
It was photographed in 1957 and was not published by 31 December 1970.
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{{Information |Description=Shiro Ishii |Source=Bulletin of unit 731(Article not for sale) |Date=in 1932 |Author=masao takezawa |Permission=}}Copyright expired. {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}}
