Lot 358
Collection of 20 Japanese War Criminals. Collection of 20 black and white photographs signed by 20 Japanese war criminals during their trial before The International Tribunal for the Far East, which opened May 3, 1946. All were found guilty as criminals of war on November 4, 1948. Each 5 x 4 in. waist-up photo is signed three times: on the front in Latin characters, then on the verso in Japanese and once in Latin characters. Following is a list of the pictured defendants and their sentences:
KENJI DOIHARA, General, 5th Army in Manchuria - Hanging
KINGORO HASHIMOTO, Colonel, Propagandist - Life Imprisonment
SHUNROKU HATA, General, in Central China - Life Imprisonment
KIICHIRO HIRANUMA, Baron, Prime Minister (1939) - Life Imprisonment
KOKI HIROTA, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister (1936-37) - Hanging
SEISHIRO ITAGAKI, General, Chief of Staff Kwantung Army - Hanging
KOICHI KIDO, Home Minister - Life Imprisonment
HEITARO KIMURA, General, Vice War Minister - Hanging
KUNIAKI KOISO, General, Prime Minister (1944-45) - Life Imprisonment
IWANE MATSUI, General, C-I-C in Central China - Hanging
JIRO MINAMI, General, C-I-C Kwantung Army - Life Imprisonment
TAKASUMI OKA, Admiral, Navy Minister - Life Imprisonment
HIROSHI OSHIMA, Ambassador to Germany - Life Imprisonment
KENRYO SATO, General, War Ministry - Life Imprisonment
MAMORU SHIGEMITSU, Foreign Minister - 7 Years Imprisonment
TEIICHU SUZUKI, General, Minister without Portfolio - Life Imprisonment
SHIGENORI TOGO, Foreign Minister, - 20 Years Imprisonment
HIDEKI TOJO, General, Prime Minister & Army Minister - Hanging
YOSHIJIRO UMEZI, General, Ambassador to Manchuko - Life Imprisonment.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,000.
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