Close up of a larger painting of Japanese settlers and natives of Saipan committing suicide
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-299-231
PARENT COLLECTION
Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption: "This is a detail from a larger painting showing natives of Saipan and Japanese settlers ready to throw / themselves over the cliff at the right rather than submit themselves to the torture and death that they were told / they would face when our troops invaded." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many large paintings were made by Japanese Army artists. Some paintings were 8 feet long. These paintings were displayed in public places in the lands that they had conquered such as Manchuria, and parts of China. After the war many of the paintings were placed in a museum in Ueno Park. My buddy during the occupation told me. Lately, that we had taken many photos of the paintings during the occupation."
OBJECT GENRE
Paintings
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
CREATORS
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted