HIROHITO: (1901-1989)

HIROHITO: (1901-1989) Emperor Showa of Japan 1926-89. D.S., as Emperor, in Japanese, two pages, bifolium, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 11th October 1985, to Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia, in Japanese. The official diplomatic letter, untranslated, relates to the appointment of the Japanese ambassador Tadatsuna Yabu. Signed in black ink by Hirohito beneath the blind embossed Imperial seal of Japan and above a large red chop. Countersigned in bold black inks by Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918-2019) Japanese Prime Minister 1982-87 and Shintaro Abe (1924-1991) Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs 1982-86, both above red chops. Four file holes to the centre and with some light creasing and age wear, otherwise VG Victor Paz Estenssoro (1907-2001) President of Bolivia 1952-56, 1960-64 and 1985-89.