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Ariel Ron
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1873 political cartoon of Uncle Sam ordering congressmen caught in the Credit Mobilier scandal to commit "hari kari." The corrupt politicians' poses reference Japanese prints. This was probably made legible to readers by the publicity around the Iwakura Mission that traveled thru the US in 1871-72.
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