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A portrait of Emperor Hirohito with his face erased is placed in the middle of a Japanese national flag and is crossed over with a bold red diagonal lines from each corner of the flag.

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The image consists of photos of a military brothel, prostitutes, and a person in underwear tinted with red. The artist raises the awareness to the tabooed issue of Japanese history to question the system of exploitation.

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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.…
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