The second photograph shows a dinner-like grouping in which uniforms, civilian dress, and leaning postures offer clues to political relationships. Because the image is unlabeled, several identifications remain tentative. The group appears to include serving and retired naval personnel. One figure may be Chikuhei Nakajima, a naval engineer and officer who founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917 and also served as a cabinet minister. These proposed identifications form part of the interpretation that Konoe depended on naval patronage and the wider networks surrounding his government.
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Naval and industrial networks inside Konoe's cabinet
A second cabinet image suggests how naval officers, civilian politicians, and industrial figures supplied the network on which Konoe depended.