Japanese ephemera collection, 1910-1943 and undated

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Summary

Abstract:
Collection comprises postcards, posters, and ephemera related to the Japanese military, as well as propaganda, and patriotism in the country between 1910 and World War II. Includes a postcard with patriotic children (1910's), postcards relating to the 1933 Army anti-air raid drill in the Kanto region, a New Year's greeting card celebrating the Nagoya Pan-Peace Exposition from 1937, and an advertisement for Sin-Japanese war bonds. Items dating from the 1930s include a postcard encouraging the public to save for the war effort, a life insurance flyer, an advertising packet for a conscription insurance policy, a 1936 brochure issued by the South Manchuria Railway of the Fushun Colliery, and a drug advertising propoganda leaflet showing the battlefield and home front. Material related to World War II includes a bank account passbook, a postcard from Italy that glorifies Japan, postcards with songs from a cavalry division and the 16th Infantry division, a confectionery wrapper, a wrapper for a whiskey bottle, an anti-communist print, a brochure for the Dong Bain Dao Development Company in Manchuria, and 44 propaganda posters. Several of the postcards were used and contain messages.
Extent:
2.8 Linear Feet (63 items)
Language:
Materials in Japanese.
Collection ID:
RL.11577

Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprises postcards, posters, and ephemera related to the Japanese military, as well as propaganda, and patriotism in the country between 1910 and World War II. Includes a postcard with patriotic children (1910s), postcards relating to the 1933 Army anti-air raid drill in the Kanto region, a New Year's greeting card celebrating the Nagoya Pan-Peace Exposition from 1937, and an advertisement for Sin-Japanese war bonds. Items dating from the 1930s include a postcard encouraging the public to save for the war effort, a life insurance flyer, an advertising packet for a conscription insurance policy, a 1936 brochure issued by the South Manchuria Railway of the Fushun Colliery, and a drug advertising propoganda leaflet showing the battlefield and home front. Material related to World War II includes a bank account passbook, a postcard from Italy that glorifies Japan, postcards with songs from a cavalry division and the 16th Infantry division, a confectionery wrapper, a wrapper for a whiskey bottle, an anti-communist print, a brochure for the Dong Bain Dao Development Company in Manchuria, a collection of air defense posters gathered on one large rolled paper, and 44 propaganda posters. Several of the postcards were used and contain messages.

Acquisition information:
The Japanese Ephemera Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a series of purchases in 2017, 2018, and from Tokyo Kosho kaikan in 2020.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, January, 2018

Guide updated by Alice Poffinberger, March, 2019

Updated by Tracy M. Jackson and Luo Zhou in December 2021.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2017-0162, 2019-0005, 2020-0074.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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