Etiket: Italophile

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini & his friend Harukichi Shimoi with a set of Samurai armor gifted to him by Shimoi personally, 1920s. A noted Italophile, Shimoi lived in Italy for decades, served in the Italian army, marched on Fiume & later Rome, & was an early supporter of Fascism (879×1024)