Details
NAGAOKA, Gen. GUISHI (1858-1933). Photograph signed and dated ("General Guishi Nagaoka 1932"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1932]. 225 x 150 mm. (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.); matted. A three-quarter-length portrait of the father of Japanese aviation in formal military attire, signed at bottom. Very rare.
"His mustache, in the shape of an airplane propellor, was reputedly the longest in Japan. When he was buried, it was cut off and placed beside him in a specially made casket"--W.M.
"His mustache, in the shape of an airplane propellor, was reputedly the longest in Japan. When he was buried, it was cut off and placed beside him in a specially made casket"--W.M.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 May 1971, lot 114).