photographic print
- Museum number
- 2011,3006.9
- Title
- Object: Beeringu-kai o shōkai suru kūkai no sei’ei, kōhō ni mieru yukiyama wa Attsu-tō ベーリング海を哨戒する空海の精鋭 後方に見える雪山はアッツ島 (The pick of the navy flyers patrol the Bering Sea; in the distance are the snowy mountains of Attu Island.)
- Description
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Propaganda photograph from the Pacific War (1941-45). Vintage gelatin print.
- Production date
- 1942-1943
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.90 centimetres
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Width: 16.40 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- 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. 42 (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
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Exhibited:
2017 Apr-Dec, London, BM, Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
- Associated events
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Associated Event: Pacific War (1941-1945)
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Associated Event: Second World War (1939-1945)
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2011,3006.9