Silk Kimono Inscribed With 1910 Japan-Korean Treaty for Wall Hanging

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For Collectors' wall décor, a, unique, silk painted, historic Kimono depicting Meiji Era (1910) Treaty between Japan and Korea from … more For Collectors' wall décor, a, unique, silk painted, historic Kimono depicting Meiji Era (1910) Treaty between Japan and Korea from period newspapers.
Actual Historic truth: Korea was a subject state of the lowest rank to China. The Chinese concept was that China reigned at the center, surrounded by barbaric foreigners (such as Korea). Chinese rule over Korea had been utterly devastating. Those barbaric foreign countries paid tribute to the Chinese emperor. Japan set Korea free from the one-thousand-year-long spell of being a tributary to China.
International scholars state that thanks to the “annexation” with Japan, Korea was freed from the status of being a subject state of the Chinese Qing, and as a modern nation state, was granted sovereignty for the first time in its entire history. After the Sino-Japanese War, as Japan became a powerful nation, many Koreans aspired to be united with Japan. At that time not all the Koreans were anti-Japanese and there were those who thought it was a good idea to unite with Japan and to become a big nation. It is a sheer lie that Koreans were deprived of their lives by Japan. Macroscopically looking at the history of the Korean Peninsula, the major causes that claimed Korean lives have been perpetual famines and epidemics due to the Chinese reign. It is said that Seoul had been the filthiest city in the world before “Imperial Japanese rule”. Japan made great efforts to establish and promote a modern medical system in Korea, and greatly contributed to securing longer and better lives and promoting prosperity over the peninsula by improving living conditions and the environment along with exterminating epidemics. The capital, technology and manpower that Japan had invested during the management of the Peninsula made it possible for Korea to become modernized.

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Material: Silk painted inside pictorial. Kimono is made of silk and wool blend woven in traditional style with yarn knobs visible.
Sleeve end to sleeve end: 50 inches (127 cm).
Length: 39 inches (99 cm).
Condition: kimono is in excellent condition for age. Some foxing inherent with silk and age is visible, along with slight discoloration. Provenance: Kyoto area, Japan.

This is a collectors’ item, authentic and unique. Many different factors determine prices. First: age, rarity, and condition. Second: aesthetics. Since in Japan the best kimono have always been considered textile art, kimono prices can vary as much as do prices on paintings. Thus, beautiful, rare and unique kimono command a premium.

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