<div dir="ltr">Markus -- My eyesight wasn't good enough to make that face out, much less identify it! I would think Kinuyo Tanaka should have been included -- but none of these pictures seem to match her face.<div><br></div><div>Michael Kerpan</div><div>Boston, MA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 5:52 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>These are amazing. Thank you! On first glance, I see #8 is Takamine Hideko. Love the modernist katakana signature. <div><br></div><div>Markus<br id="m_-6295949430443705722lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:06 PM, William M. Drew via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div>
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<br>In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, <a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a> writes:
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<div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi,</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30’s & 40’s. Each one features their image and signature. Here is an example.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span id="m_-6295949430443705722cid:VRvPZXqMh3Co37VtWO4d"><image002.jpg></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write something about them in a book I am planning to write. This is where I need your help!</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. <a href="https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars</a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">Cheers</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt">Adrian </span></p><div> <br></div>
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