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(JAPAN -- WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA.) Daitowa Senso Kaigun Bijutsu. 35 mounted offset color plates with captioned tissue overlays. Oblong folio format, 12x16 1/2 inches, original tied blue cloth portfolio with printed paper label on upper cover, light wear; mount cards with minor edge foxing but plates themselves bright and clean. Japan, Showa 18 (1943)
A beautifully illustrated album of Japanese World War II propaganda images. The scenes endorsing the bravery of the Japanese navy are extremely dramatic: the attack on Pearl Harbor, various Indonesian engagements, the Japanese attack on Clark Air Field, the Japanese occupation of Singapore, a Japanese submarine attacking the U.S.S. Lexington, Japanese Zeroes on the offensive, and a scene of captured Americans on Wake Island are only a few. Perhaps the most revealing is a chilling fantasy illustration appearing at the end picturing Japanese navy bombers in formation over New York City by Kokan Kojo.
