　戦艦「ミズーリ」は、アメリカ合衆国24番目の州名をその艦名に持つ、アイオワ級の3番艦です。4番艦の「ウィスコンシン」より遅れて竣工した事で、アメリカ海軍が完成させた最後の戦艦は、この「ミズーリ」となりました。 1945年8月15日に日本がポツダム宣言を受諾した後、多数の連合国艦艇と共に東京湾へ停泊、9月2日には艦上で降伏文書調印式が執り行われました。
　作品は1945年9月2日、東京湾上に錨泊する戦艦「ミズーリ」を描いたもの。乗組員が溢れんばかりひしめき合う艦上には、降伏文書調印に臨む重光葵外相ら日本全権団が立ちます。この時、重光外相は「不名誉な終着点ではなく、日本再生の出発点である」という思いでこの日に臨みました。アメリカはこの式典を「第二の日本開国」と演出するため、「ミズーリ」の停泊場所を日米和親条約調印時の旗艦「ポーハタン」停泊場所とほぼ同じ位置にし、降伏文書調印が行われた場所には「ポーハタン」が掲げていた31星の星条旗を掲げました（艦橋下部に注目）。背景にはキングジョージ5世級戦艦等の数多くの連合国軍艦艇が停泊しており、更にその奥には霊峰富士が日本の行く末を見守るようにそびえています。

The battleship Missouri, named after the 24th state of the U.S., was the third ship of the Iowa class, and the last battleship completed by the U.S. Navy, as it was completed later than the fourth ship, the Wisconsin. On September 2, 1945, after Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, the signing ceremony of the Instrument of Surrender was held on the Missouri.
This work depicts the battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. On board the ship, which is overflowing with crew, stands the Japanese plenipotentiary delegation, including Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, who is attending the signing ceremony of the Instrument of Surrender. At that time, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu participated in this ceremony with the thought that it was not a dishonorable end, but the start of a new beginning for the revitalization of Japan. In order to stage this ceremony as the second opening of Japan to the world, the U.S. chose to anchor the Missouri at approximately the same location as the flagship Pohatan was anchored when the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed, and the 31-star flag that the Pohatan flew was displayed at the spot where the surrender document was signed (note the lower part of the bridge). In her background, numerous Allied naval vessels, including King George V-class battleships, are anchored. Further in the background, Mt. Fuji towers as if watching over the future of Japan.

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収録作品：79点（帝国海軍艦艇/海自艦艇/外国海軍艦艇）
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Included works: 79 pieces (IJN, JMSDF, US, British, French, German
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