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The cover of this January 1938 issue of “Man gurafu” features two soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army. Just six months prior, in July 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident led to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the beginning of the Japanese invasion of China. Item no. 5 in [K (https://lccn.loc.gov/95471426). 1938. Japanese collection, Asian Division.