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The title is a latin phrase with biblical origins that translates to "where are you marching?". This quote describes the lone Japanese soldier with his back turned to us, standing at the crossroads in a barren landscape, uncertain of where to go.…

The image consists of photos of a military brothel, prostitutes, and a person in underwear tinted with red. The artist raises the awareness to the tabooed issue of Japanese history to question the system of exploitation.

A portrait of Emperor Hirohito with his face erased is placed in the middle of a Japanese national flag and is crossed over with a bold red diagonal lines from each corner of the flag.

A painting by Miyamoto depicting the Japanese attack on Beijing during World War 2. The pose of the soldier raising his rifle and flag is modeled after Lady Liberty in Eugene Delacroix's 1830 painting "Liberty Leading the People", demonstrating how…

This oil painting depicts the final banzai charge of Japanese soldiers against American troops during the Battle of Attu island, one of bloodiest battles in the Pacific War. The word "Gyokusai" in the title roughly translates to "smashed jewel", and…

A bronze statue of Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo by Kitamura Seibō, unveiled near the Imperial Diet Building in 1929. Today, it was moved to Hagi in Yamaguchi prefecture due to its controversial imperialist connotations.

Sketches of Australian Prisoners-of-War by Miyamoto Saburo when he visited Singapore during World War 2. Even though Miyamoto is aware that these Westerners are Japan's enemies, he still admired the physical characteristics of these caucasian men. He…