Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 276

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(JAPAN -- PROPAGANDA STORYTELLING.) Three sets of illustrated kamishibai street theater plates. Japan, Showa 16 & 17 (1942 & 1943)

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Uesugi Yozan. 20 offset color-printed cards in original portfolio case with printed title label. 10 1/4x15 inches; minor soiling, some wear to envelope. A story of Samurai warriors working in the fields with ordinary people in order to help grow food; a metaphor to encourage citizens to contribute to Japan's efforts in World War II. Showa 17 (1942).

Go Nin No Shoya. 20 offset color-printed cards in original portfolio case with printed title label. 10 1/2x15 inches; light foxing and offset, some wear to envelope. A story of social interaction and the benefits of working together. Showa 16 (1941).

Ninomiya Kinjiro. 20 offset color-printed cards in original portfolio case with printed title label. 10 1/4x15 inches; minor foxing, some wear to envelope. A story relating the importance of government taxation, in this example, that of rice. Showa 17 (1942).