Prewar letter from Hirohito to Greek king found in London

LONDON, Britain - A letter from the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to Greek King Georgios II, sending congratulations on the marriage of the king's brother Paul in 1938, was recently found in a secondhand book market in London, a book dealer says March 20. The letter, discovered by the dealer specializing in Oriental books, who wishes to be anonymous, bears the golden Imperial crest of a chrysanthemum and is signed by the late Japanese emperor, posthumously called Emperor Showa.

• Product Code
• ILEA000004269

• Registered date
• 2000/3/20 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source

• Media size
• 1636 × 1212 pixel

• Resolution
• 72 dpi

• Deployment size
• 154.19(KB)*

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