ENDO (Hiroya) editor.
Taiwan banchi shashin-cho - Views of Campaign against the Aborigines in Formosa.
Hiroya Endo, a photographer from Sendai, came to Taiwan in 1896. Together with his brothers Endo Rokuro and Makoto, he opened the Endo Photo Gallery in Taibei in 1899. The album covers the operations between 1908 to 1912, when the Japanese army and police forces asserted control over indigenous peoples (mainly the Atayal & Vonum tribes) in order to gain unhindered access to forest resources in the area. In addition to battle scenes, there are plates documenting inspection tours by various Japanese government officials, educational programs for indigenous children, and vocational programs such as agriculture and handicrafts for indigenous people. From 1911 onwards the Japanese military trained them as soldiers and during World War II aboriginal volunteers (Takasago-giyutai) proved to be particularly useful for their extraordinary bravery and survival skills.
Very rare. Only one copy in OCLC (National Diet Library).
