Official letter of state, in Japanese, two adjoining pages, 9.25 x 12.75, no date, but sometime in 1926. Letter of State addressed to the president of Bolivia. In part: “Your Excellency would have had already received Our letter dated last February twenty-eight, informing him of the deep loss We have sustained of His Majesty the late Emperor, Our dearest and most revered Father, and announcing to You at the same time Our accession to the Imperial Throne. On this occasion, and with a very great desire to maintain with no interruption or easing off the relationship of a sincere friendship so fortunately uniting Our two Countries for such a longtime, We hasten to renew and confirm the Credentials from His Majesty the late Emperor accrediting Nobumichi Sakenobe, Jushii, decorated to the third class of Our Imperial Order of the Sacred-Treasure, as His Extraordinaire Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister to the Republic of Bolivia Government. Convinced that Nobumichi Sakenobe would have known how to gain approval from Your Excellency through efforts that he must have had put forward in every occasion to increase and tighten the good relationship existing between Japan and Bolivia. We beg Your Excellency to please keep on giving credence to all his statements to You on Our behalf.” Signed at the conclusion in Japanese, and countersigned by Baron Giichi Tanaka, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Accompanied by an English and French translation. Binding holes to one edge and light intersecting folds, otherwise fine condition.
Hirohito’s reign, which began on December 25, 1926 following the death of his father, was marked by a rapid militarization and expansionism. In the 1920s, many migrants moved to Bolivia because of the boom in the rubber trade. Japan needed to import raw materials such as iron, rubber, and oil to maintain strong economic growth. Most of these resources had once come from the United States, which at the time was suffering through the Great Depression, greatly curtailing their production. Japanese leaders believed that acquiring resource-rich territories would establish economic self-sufficiency and independence, and also strengthen their own economy. This continuing design to acquire such material was one of the underlying factors that drew the United States into World War II. An official piece of correspondence that, in fact, was one of the stepping stones toward the second World War. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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