The picture shows a Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall established in Japan by Shikanai Nobutaka, after completing the sequential installments of Chiang Kai-shek: His Life and Times published by Sankei Shimbun
Size:Length:62.6 x Width:80.7 x Height:3.5 (cm)
Size description:50.7×60(畫心)
Introduction:Shikanai Nobutaka presented the article on October 20, 1980. It was packed in a silver carton, together with a photograph album with a cover displaying the Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall located in Hakone, Japan. The album includes 44 pictures showing the hall's appearance and interior furnishings, but doesn't have commentary. Its title page shows inscriptions "In commemorating the completion of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall at the Hakone Open-air Museum on April 5, Showa 53" and "Present by, Shikanai Nobutaka, Curator of the Hakone Open-air Museum." A piece of paper posted on the silver carton is inscribed the words "Your Excellency Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo" and "Presented by, Shikanai Nobutaka."
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall at the Hakone Open-air Museum was established in 1978, when Sankei Shimbun completed the publishing of the sequential installments of Chiang Kai-shek: His Life and Times in Japanese. Shikanai Nobutaka built the memorial hall in the open-air museum of sculpture forest in Hakone. The Hakone Open-air Museum was founded in August 1969 and wholly owned by Shikanai Nobutaka. The museum covers a land of 55,000 square meters and is designed by blending art galleries with the natural landscape. It includes an outdoor exhibition and an indoor exhibition. The former displays mainly sculptures, and the latter, the works of painting and photography.
Accession Number:PP10100100
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