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Image 1 — I found Meiji-era certificates with Ishimitsu Makiyo’s stamp
Image 2 — I found Meiji-era certificates with Ishimitsu Makiyo’s stamp
Image 3 — I found Meiji-era certificates with Ishimitsu Makiyo’s stamp
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I found Meiji-era certificates with Ishimitsu Makiyo’s stamp

So I bought an old traditional townhouse in Kyoto. Previous owners left it in a state of disarray with a lot of trash.
I found these Meiji-era certificates (賞状) in the house.
The certificates themselves are somewhat interesting, but the most fascinating thing is that there is a stamp of one of the most famous Japanese spies on some of the certificates. His name is 石光真清 (Ishimitsu Makiyo). He was active in Russia during the Russo-Japanese war. The unit on the certificates matches the unit Ishimitsu was assigned to at the time, so I think these are legitimate.

What do you think? Not sure where to go from here.

u/alex_x46 — 8 days ago