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Art: Hirohito to Harvard; Art: Hirohito to Harvard. 4 minute read. TIME. September 14, 1936 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... ¶ Two light wooden masks, the personal property of the Emperor, ...
Portrait of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako in formal ceremonial dress, standing on a dais. Culture Japanese Date 1989 ... Wood, clay, paint, and fluorescent light Owner/Location Sidney Janis ...
Ever since U.S. B-29 bombers leveled Emperor Hirohito’s palatial quarters within Tokyo’s moat-encircled imperial compound in May 1945, the imperial family has made do with modest quarters ...
TOKYO — Dec. 8, 1941, was a busy day for Emperor Hirohito. After receiving reports of the successful Japanese surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor and other strategic sites in the Pacific--a battle ...
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She ...
Japanese officials say the Ukrainian government has removed a photo of Japanese wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after Tokyo protested.
TOKYO — Following protests from Japan, Ukraine’s government has apologized and removed a photo of wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini ...