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I saw a disclaimer at the bottom of a tourist brochure about ryokans, which in
English was "The photo on this page is an image", and in Japanese
"掲載の写真はイメージです。" At the end of the brochure, they had "Photos shown in the
catalog are images to give an example." and "掲載されている写真はイメージです。"

What is the meaning of イメージ in this context? Saying that a photo is an image
is tautological, so does it mean that it's something like an artist's
impression, as opposed to something you're guaranteed to get?
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Meaning of イメージ in context of disclaimer
Your understanding is correct. For example, in
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/15070/meaning/m0u/> イメージ is explained as

> 心に思い浮かべる像や情景。

Primary meaning of イメージ is an imaginary figure you'll have in your mind.
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Japanese use "イメージ(image)" as "things look just like the real thing."

There are plenty of "イメージ(images)" in Japan. Especially you can find a lots of
"イメージ 映像（あるいは写真）" illustrating the effectness of medicine. It uses computer
graphics making consumer have good impression or understanding about the
products.

Yes, it's just a Japanese-English. A English word being used for commercial
illustration use in Japan. Or we Japanese can say "image" of real English.
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