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The lord high self executioner
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | Japan |
| Description | Yardley's humorous editorial cartoon draws upon Japanese woodcuts and the tradition of harikari by military leaders in the face of public defeat. A Japanese samurai, identified as "Jap militarists" prepares to impale himself upon a giant sword, while "Uncle Joe" Stalin watches from the East, and figures representing the United States, Britain and China wave from the West. The title is a play on Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Mikado. This innovative drawing, comments on Japanese rejection of the terms of unconditional surrender established by the Allies in July 1945. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Surrenders--Japanese. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sullivan, Arthur,--Sir,--1842-1900.--Mikado. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Samurai--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Suicides--Japan--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
