some japanese characters

[Zefiro]

These are printed on the cardboard on which a photo was glued. I suspect it's just the name of the company. Anybody able to read this?
I hope this will give a clue to determine the time period.

Thanks in advance.

[HistoricalGenealogy]

T. Imada 今田 (Photograper)
町門衛右宗地南阪大 (Street)
番四七五三南話電 (Phone Number)

It seems that the phone number and street address are written backwards. You usally right japanese from left to right rather than right to left nowadays, but before WW2 they used right to left quite commonly.

Here's the flipped text w/ translation:
大坂南地宗右衛門町 - Soemoncho, Nanchi (Southern Land), Osaka
電話南三五七四番 - Phone Number [South] 3574

*I live in Japan so I could research the photograper if requested

[HistoricalGenealogy]

T. Imada 今田 (Photograper)
町門衛右宗地南阪大 (Street)
番四七五三南話電 (Phone Number)

For some reason, it seems that the phone number and street address are written backwards. You usally right japanese from left to right rather than right to left.

Here's the flipped text w/ translation:
大坂南地宗右衛門町 - Soemoncho, Nanchi (Southern Land), Osaka
電話南三五七四番 - Phone Number [South] 3574

*I live in Japan so I could research the photograper if requested

Based on the style of the letters and use of the English alphabet, I suspect the Early Showa period, most likely a decade before the war (戦争前). It would be the 1930's in normal year format.

[Zefiro]

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Based on the style of the letters and use of the English alphabet, I suspect the Early Showa period, most likely a decade before the war (戦争前). It would be the 1930's in normal year format.

Thanks for that.  This is really helpful.

*I live in Japan so I could research the photograper if requested[/i]

There's no need to research the photographer, because there's no photo attached to the cardboard. It was removed some time ago and the cardboard was 'recycled/ re-used' for other purposes. I just wondered how long ago this could have happened. I realise that this recycling could, at least in theory, have taken place any time between the 1930's and now, but I really was hoping it happened before 1950. More recent would have raised extra questions.

I'm glad I posted the picture. Never expected that the characters by themselves told such a story.

Thanks again for your explanation.