Untitled 1977 Photomontage By Tsunehisa Kimura

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Japan, during the time after World War II, had a complicated relationship with the United States because since they won the war, killing thousands of people in the process, they came in and took over Japan’s economy and changed the structure of most of their government. This caused a tension between the two countries during this time and is implied through some of the photographs in the gallery. One example of the slight aggression seen against the United States after WWII is Tsunehisa Kimura’s untitled 1977 photomontage which depicts the Statue of Liberty in the ocean. It could be interpreted as the statue is drowning. It could be talking about the pent up anger that some in Japan might still feel towards the United States from the atomic