MATERIAL: Lithography
TYPE: Print
DIMENSIONS: 26 1/2" x 18 1/4
NOTES: From a single collection obtained entirely in China pre-2000.
ITEM ID: 4123
Hirohito Portrayed as a Spider Consuming China
DATE
Year: 1939
Decade: 1930s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
Excellent anti-Japanese poster: “El Fascismo”, a lithograph promoting the “Conferencia El Fascismo Japones” in Mexico City, Mexico, June 9, 1939.
Artist Isidro Ocampo has portrayed young Emperor Hirohito as a horned, black-bodied spider preparing to consume China. Fine.
According to scholar Gonzalo Sec “I am surprised that this was printed by “Liga Pro-Cultura Alemana en México”, basically a germanophile association.”
ARTISTS
Name: Isidoro Ocampo
Type: Artist
Asia / Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
