A photo album documenting the Huanggutun incident, prominent figures of China and sights of Beijing in the early 20th C., dated 1928

Dim.: 33 x 38,5 x 4 cm
Dim.: ca. 13,2 x 8,2 cm (each photo)

This photo album contains exceptionally rare images of the notorious Huanggutun Incident (皇姑屯事件), also known as the Zhang Zuolin Explosion Death Incident. This event refers to the assassination of Zhang Zuolin, the Fengtian warlord and Generalissimo of the Military Government of China, near Shenyang on June 4, 1928. The assassination was carried out by a faction of the Japanese Imperial Army, targeting Zhang Zuolin 張作霖 (1873-1928), the Manchu warlord and then ruler of the self-proclaimed Republic of China (1927-1928).__PRESENT

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