Man’s Jacket (Haori) with the Flight of the Kamikaze Plane

ca. 1937

Not on view

The flight of the Kamikaze (Divine Wind) plane from Tokyo to London in April 1937, sponsored by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, was intended to commemorate the coronation of King George VI, but it also served as a benchmark of modernity for Japan. It became the first Japanese plane to set an international speed record (the flight was completed in just over 51 hours), and the first aircraft produced with all Japanese technology. Thanks to this performance, the Mitsubishi Company, which had developed the motor for the plane, gained the contract to build the Zero, one of the best-known fighter planes of the war years.

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神風号模様男物羽織
Title: Man’s Jacket (Haori) with the Flight of the Kamikaze Plane
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: ca. 1937
Culture: Japan
Medium: Plain-weave rayon with printing and gold flecks
Dimensions: 39 × 51 in. (99.1 × 129.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2014
Object Number: 2014.234
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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