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Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide

Description: A pocket sized booklet containing information on the Nansei Islands in Japan intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history, culture, and disease and dangerous wildlife and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Japanese with phonetic pronunciations.
Date: [1941..1946]
Creator: Special Publications Branch
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Japanese Cartoon Propaganda Leaflet]

Description: A cartoon leaflet depicting a withered, scrawny solider wearing only a pair of pants, shoes and a helmet with a star. He is on his back and sprawled out on an archipelago. To the right of the soldier is Japanese text in an orange block. The back of the cartoon contains a letter written in Japanese discussing the attacks on the Japanese and their islands and the hardships faced by them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Nippon

Description: Booklet containing images of some of the geographical, cultural, and industrial features of Japan intended to attract tourists to the country and its territories. The booklet contains information about the Japanese mainland, Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria. Among the subjects included in the photos are Japanese architecture, education, festivals, arts and music, sports and recreational activities, and travel options between locations within the Japanese Empire.
Date: 1939~/1940~
Creator: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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