PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR SHOWA AND HIS FAMILY

皇室の御繁栄 [Koshitsu no gohanei].
[Thriving Imperial Family].

東京. [Tokyo]. 主婦の友社. [Shufunotomo-sha]. Showa 8 [ 1933]. Stock ID #180273

Colour print of Emperor Showa and his family, 38 x 48cm. Two vertical folds, edges a trifle worn, otherwise very good.

This colour portrait print of the Emperor Showa and his family was published in 1933 as a January issue supplement of "Shufu no Tomo" (Housewives' Companion) magazine. The magazine was founded in 1917 and remained very popular throughout the Show Era.

The portrait by Matsuda Tomitaka who was a magazine's resident arfist, features Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako in western clothes while their three daughters, Princess Shigeko, Princess Kazuko and Princess Atsuko, are in kimono. The royal couple had two sons and a daughter later.

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Price: $225.00 AU

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