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This is a photo of the distinguished Japanese athlete, Takeichi Nishi, who was a famous entrant in various riding competitions worldwide. He is shown here with his two young children, a daughter and son, and his wife. They have just boarded a train in Tokyo and are enroute to Berlin where Nishi will compete in the famous 1936 Olympic Games. He did not win the riding events there, but he was very well known throughout Japan and Europe during the 1930s. He was attached to the First Cavalry in the Japanese army, hence his uniform and the sword which he wears. He was associated with horses his whole life long. He continued to serve in the Japanese army during World War II. Notice the family's Western dress. This was not common at the time, especially for girls and women. We see some modern city families dressing like this, but not generally conservative army families. Probably the fact that they were headed to Europe was a factor.
The children are dressed in western clothes of the period--very similar
to what German children of their age would wear. The boy (about 8 years old)
wears a double breasted overcoat and flat cap. He also has a scarf.
He is probably wearing a suit underneath. But we can see that he is
wearing short trousers and brown long stockings. The girl (about 10 years old ),
who is also probably in long stockings, has a fur collar on her outer
coat.
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