Title: Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan Author: Fleisher, Benjamin, publisher and editor Place: Tokyo Publisher: The Japan Advertiser Date: 1928 Description: 180pp. Original color woodblock print of Himeji Castle, by Hiroshi Yoshida tipped in. Profusely illustrated with drawings, reproductions of paintings and photographs on coated paper. (Folio) 43.5x31 cm (17x12¼") thick boards covered with decorative purple cloth, front cover with a rooster design stamped in tan, blue, green, yellow, red, violet, and white, orange cloth pieces to top and bottom of gilt-stamped spine. Official "Enthronement Edition." A lavish production that includes approximately 18 contributions in the form of art or articles by Japanese and foreign scholars on history, folklore and rituals associated with the elaborate ceremonies undertaken during the enthronement of Hirohito. The rear section of the publication is devoted to advertisements and endorsements congratulating the Emperor on his ascension, including messages from presidents and government officials around the world, commercial and industrial businesses, and more. Conspicuously absent are greetings from the Chinese government. Despite the public and written pronouncements of desires for peace and harmony by Emperor Hirohito and the contributors who extoll the virtues of the heavenly emperor, Japanese tradition and its modern accomplishments, Japan was in the process of embarking on a bellicose path that included territorial conquest in China that started in Manchuria three years hence followed by a puppet regime in the form of Manchukuo, with developing plans to expand its power and influence throughout the whole Pacific region. Lot Amendments Condition: Edges rubbed; very good. Item number: 233411
Title: Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan Author: Fleisher, Benjamin, publisher and editor Place: Tokyo Publisher: The Japan Advertiser Date: 1928 Description: 180pp. Original color woodblock print of Himeji Castle, by Hiroshi Yoshida tipped in. Profusely illustrated with drawings, reproductions of paintings and photographs on coated paper. (Folio) 43.5x31 cm (17x12¼") thick boards covered with decorative purple cloth, front cover with a rooster design stamped in tan, blue, green, yellow, red, violet, and white, orange cloth pieces to top and bottom of gilt-stamped spine. Official "Enthronement Edition." A lavish production that includes approximately 18 contributions in the form of art or articles by Japanese and foreign scholars on history, folklore and rituals associated with the elaborate ceremonies undertaken during the enthronement of Hirohito. The rear section of the publication is devoted to advertisements and endorsements congratulating the Emperor on his ascension, including messages from presidents and government officials around the world, commercial and industrial businesses, and more. Conspicuously absent are greetings from the Chinese government. Despite the public and written pronouncements of desires for peace and harmony by Emperor Hirohito and the contributors who extoll the virtues of the heavenly emperor, Japanese tradition and its modern accomplishments, Japan was in the process of embarking on a bellicose path that included territorial conquest in China that started in Manchuria three years hence followed by a puppet regime in the form of Manchukuo, with developing plans to expand its power and influence throughout the whole Pacific region. Lot Amendments Condition: Edges rubbed; very good. Item number: 233411
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