1081. SHIGETARO SHIMADA (1883 - 1976) Japanese admiral and Naval Minister of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes but released in 1953. Rare S.P. 4 1/2" x 6" b/w, a seated image of Shimado writing at a desk in his barred jail cell as he awaits trial in Tokyo for war crimes. Boldly signed across a darker are but with good contrast, very good. $300 - 400