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photographic print
Object Type
photographic print
Museum number
2011,3006.8
Title
Object:
Entotsu sōji (shōsen) 煙突掃除(商戦)
(Cleaning the funnel (merchant ship))
Description
Propaganda photograph from the Pacific War (1941-45). Vintage gelatin print.
Cultures/periods
Showa Era
Production date
1942-1943
Production place
Printed in:
Tokyo-to
Materials
paper
Technique
photographic process
(gelatin print)
Dimensions
Height:
21.40 centimetres
Width:
15 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Used for illustration in the photobook, (Dai Tōa sensō) Kaigun sakusen shashin kiroku (大東亜戦争: 海軍作戦写真記録 The Great East Asia War: Photographic Record of Naval Engagements), vol. 2, p. 48 (reg. no. 2011,3005.1). The Japanese title inscribed on the back of the photograph corresponds to the published caption in the book.
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2017 Apr-Dec, London, BM, Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
Subjects
war
arms/armour
boat/ship
soldier
political propaganda
Associated events
Associated Event:
Pacific War
(1941-1945)
Associated Event:
Second World War
(1939-1945)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Maggs Bros
Funder name
With contribution from:
Myōjin Noriko
With contribution from:
Myōjin Shigeru
With contribution from:
Dounia Nadar
With contribution from:
Sherif Nadar
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Nishino Yoshiaki (西野嘉章)
(Purchased in a bookshop in the Kanda second-hand book district of Tokyo)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Nakano Kikuo (中野菊夫)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Yamahata Photographic Science Institute Archive 山端写真研究所アーカイブ
Acquisition date
2010
Department
Asia
Registration number
2011,3006.8
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 May 2012