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The title is a latin phrase with biblical origins that translates to "where are you marching?". This quote describes the lone Japanese soldier with his back turned to us, standing at the crossroads in a barren landscape, uncertain of where to go.…

A bronze statue of Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo by Kitamura Seibō, unveiled near the Imperial Diet Building in 1929. Today, it was moved to Hagi in Yamaguchi prefecture due to its controversial imperialist connotations.

This sculpture is a memorial to all the child victims of the atomic bomb and also a specific commemoration to the story of Sadako Sasaki.

Sadako Sasaki was a 2 year old girl living in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb dropped on the city, and she…

Part of the "祖国への旅" series (Journey to Native Country), which depicts the journey of Japanese returning to their country after World War 2

Here, citizen returning to Japan from overseas were quarantined and sprayed with harmful DDT before they can…

Out of the multiple design proposals for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, it was Kenzō Tange's design that is chosen in the end. Tange's architecture plans is a mixture of modernist design and Japanese tradition. For example, the cenotaph in front of…

Part of the "祖国への旅" series (Journey to Native Country), which depicts the journey of Japanese returning to their country after World War 2

This work is supposedly inspired by Fukuzawa's trip to China in 1939, where he sighted a poor man living among the deserts Loess Plateau. The figure also reflects Fukuzawa's spiritual condition and a representation of the tragedy suffered by Chinese…

Noguchi's planned model for the bomb atomic memorial for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which was rejected for a variety of reasons. Noguchi took inspirations from Japanese traditional ceramics and maternal symbolisms for his cenotaph. He claimed…