This is a postcard from the Sino-Japanese War era with the caption "Guangdong Guanyin Mountain Five-Story Pagoda, May 15, Showa 14. Permit Granted by the Guangdong Military Police." "Showa 14" refers to the year 1940, according to the calendar used in the time of the Japanese Emperor Showa.
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