Portrait photos of Japanese stage actress Yamamoto Yasue, taken by Yamazawa Eiko (1899-1995), one of Japan's first women professional photographers. [Left] Yamamoto Yasue, the role of Sonja in 'Uncle Vanya' by Chekhov, 1943. [Right] Yamamoto Yasue, in 'Mother' by Gor'kii, 1943.

From: Kokatsu Reiko (ed.). Japanese Women Artists before and after World War II, 1930s-1950s. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 2001; 80.