Extraordinary ink signature in English and Japanese, "Hirohito," uniquely accomplished in ink-blot 'Klecksography' within a vintage 6.75 x 5 Italian 'album amicorum,' or friendship album; Hirohito also signs neatly below, as do most others in the album. This friendship album was assembled between July 1919 and June 1924, realized in Klecksography throughout—the signed pages folded in half while the signatures were still damp to create symmetrical ink blots, similar to the one used for Rorschach tests. Among the personalities represented here are Hirohito, who visited Italy accompanied by his uncle, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, during a six-month state visit to Europe before assuming the regency of Japan in November 1921. The album also contains a series of signatures collected in Fiume (Rijeka) in August 1920, at the height of the Italian Regency of Carnaro, including Gabriele D’Annunzio himself as well as Sante Ceccherini, Viganò, the commander of the defected destroyer Espero, and other legionaries and military heroes. The collection further comprises members of the Italian royal family, represented almost in its entirety, and the ministers of Mussolini’s first government, including Costanzo Ciano, Armando Diaz and Giovanni Gentile. In fine condition.
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