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[Japan's Emperor Hirohito on horseback, saluting, facing left, with Japanese officers also on horseback, reviewing troops in northern China, at Yoyogi parade ground] – Historic Print

[Japan's Emperor Hirohito on horseback, saluting, facing left, with Japanese officers also on horseback, reviewing troops in northern China, at Yoyogi parade ground] — historic photograph
[Japan's Emperor Hirohito on horseback, saluting, facing left, with Japanese officers also on horseback, reviewing troops in northern China, at Yoyogi parade ground]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Japan's Emperor Hirohito on horseback, saluting, facing left, with Japanese officers also on horseback, reviewing troops in northern China, at Yoyogi parade ground], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Hirohito sits on horseback, facing left and returning a salute while Japanese officers ride beside him before the troops. The record gives both northern China and the Yoyogi parade ground, a large military drill field in Tokyo, so the setting is best read with some caution. In 1933, after Japan's seizure of Manchuria, the army was pressing deeper into northern China, and images like this one tied the emperor closely to the country's military ambitions.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1933
SubjectsHirohito,--Emperor of Japan,--1901-1989--Public appearances--China.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-188023

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