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Sublabel of Columbia used from January 1905 for the earliest Japanese discs which was recorded from April 1903 to 1904 at Tokyo (matrixes 2000-2377).
Here, Columbia is written in Katakana.
A predecessor label (1904) with Columbia in Hiragana exists (lacks "1904 St-Louis Exposition"):

Label transcription on right side (Japanese):
西暦一千九百〇四年皇明治三十七年米国聖路易世界大博覧會ニ於テ最髙之金牌受領

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