Where is Jiang Cheng born?

Jiang Cheng was born in Kanna, Japan and works for the Mainichi Shimbun.

There was a boy who lived in Northeast China before he was 16 years old. People called him Laifu. After he turned 16, a ship took him back to his hometown of Tokyo, and from then on he was called Nakajima Yuhachi. Nakajima Yohachi was born in Tokyo, Japan. When he was one year old, he and his family came to Mudanjiang in Northeast China as a member of the Japanese Pioneer Corps. After the defeat, he was adopted by the locals and grew up. There are many children like Nakajima Yuhachi. They are called Japanese orphans.

Among the orphans like Nakajima Yuhachi, only a few returned to Japan at first. It was not until the 1980s that the Japanese government released this data and organized a family search team to return to Northeast China to find those children scattered in the ruins of the war. Tsuneo Esari said in the photo: I feel that they are not so happy after returning to Japan. Whether they are happy or not may vary from person to person, but one thing is for sure, the pain caused by the war will all be eliminated. It’s up to the people to shoulder the responsibility.

Japanese photographer Tsuneari Ese

As a photographer, Tsuneari Ese took the initiative to shoulder the role of a historical rememberer. Since leaving the Daily News in 1974 to become a freelance photographer, he has immersed himself in the reflection and investigation of history, using images to express his thoughts on the issues left behind by the war. Over the years, Tsuneari Ese's representative works have been about the consequences and impact of World War II. He expounded the harm of war from the perspective of a Japanese citizen.

The photographer took a close-up shot of each of their faces, and their life stories seemed to be engraved in every texture of their faces. Viewers will involuntarily look for traces of China or Japan on their faces, and such a question of identity will inevitably accompany them throughout their lives.