Title

Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909.Artist: Herbert Ponting

Caption

Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909. Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was educated in Japan and Britain. He served as prime minister four times between 1885 and 1901. He later served as Resident-General of Korea, which had become a Japanese protectorate after the Russo-Japanese War. Ito Hiobumi was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist and independence activist, at Harbin, Manchuria, on 26 October 1909. A print from L'Illustration, 30 October 1909.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1909

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C57_139

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 14,7in x 13,3in / 4408 x 3981 (300dpi)

Keywords

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