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Nov 27, 2021 · On September 27, 1945, Emperor Hirohito paid a visit to General Douglas MacArthur at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. In all three photos were taken.
In Emperor Hirohito, the viewer's recognition and memory are activated by this image of Japan's emperor during World War II—a notoriously controversial historical figure. Yet, Sugimoto hints at the inanimate nature of his subject by emphasizing the oversized hands (a traditional feature of wax figures) and its artificial shiny "skin."
If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945. In...
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Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur meeting for the first time, 1945 After the Japanese surrender in 1945, the Americans took on the task of occupying Japan and reforming the militaristic nation into a modern country that would never again threaten its neighbors.
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Hirohito appears in this photo in civilian dress, not the military uniform he commonly wore for pictures during the war, and not the Shinto robes he commonly wore in pictures before the war. MacArthur is dressed casually, not in a formal military uniform.
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Jan 26, 2020 · Japanese Emperor Hirohito with General Douglas MacArthur during their first meeting in Tokyo, September 27, 1945 after the defeat of the Japanese Empire and its allies in World War II.
