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Purported to be a photo of Queen Min of Korea, from an old Japanese travel book. I asked my wife to see what she could make out - the main inscription in the bottom right uses the term "bi" indicating this is the highest-ranking royal woman, ie the queen, but her family name is not included. The date in the lower left is clipped, but there is a "17" there. That could be 1917, or it might be a Japanese date - Meiji 17? - but if it's 1917 the woman could only be Queen Yun, King Sunjong's wife. That was my wife's first reaction on seeing the photo, before reading the inscription - she said, "Oh, that's Queen Yun", and since she knew the lady, albeit in the 50s and 60s, I tend to trust her. --Dan 21:18, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

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(del) (cur) 18:05, 19 June 2006 . . Profsnow (Talk | contribs) . . 488×742 (95,949 bytes) (Purported to be a photo of Queen Min of Korea, from an old Japanese travel book.)