Rare photo of famed faithful Tokyo dog found in late photographer's home

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives November 12, 2015

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An 81-year-old photograph of the famed Japanese dog Hachiko, known for being loyal to his owner even after the man's death, was recently found in the home of a late Tokyo bank employee, The Japan News reported.

The family of the picture’s creator, Isamu Yamamoto, who died in 1947, was cleaning up the man’s former home when they made the rare find. Hachiko, pictured around 1934 sitting on his stomach near the Shibuya railway station ticket counter in Tokyo, was known to wait in the same area every day for his master, Hidesaburo Ueno, to return home from work. More...