1910 · Photographic album cover
Commemorative Photographic Album of Korea in the Empire of Great Japan
Resident-General of Korea, compiler
Why it matters
The album is a direct product of the Japanese colonial administration. Its celebratory cover shows how official publishing could aestheticise annexation while suppressing coercion and Korean opposition.
- Publication
- Kazumasa Ogawa Publishing Department
- Holding institution
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Shelfmark
- Call no. 408-19; DOI 10.11501/766880; image 3
Citation
Resident-General of Korea, compiler. Dai-Nihon Teikoku Chōsen shashinchō: Nikkan heigō kinen [Commemorative Photographic Album of Korea in the Empire of Great Japan: Japan–Korea Annexation]. Tokyo: Kazumasa Ogawa Publishing Department, 1910. National Diet Library, 408-19.
