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By contrasting images of Japanese mothers and Korean comfort women, Shimada visualizes the imperialist hierarchy.

This sculpture is a memorial to all the child victims of the atomic bomb and also a specific commemoration to the story of Sadako Sasaki.

Sadako Sasaki was a 2 year old girl living in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb dropped on the city, and she…

This painting was completed one year after Japan has started its full-scale invasion against China. Despite the innocuous looking image of a girl with a camera, the painting has subtle nationalistic messages. The camera conveys a message about…

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…

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.

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 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…