The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art's current exhibition, "1945±5: The Works that Survived through the Turbulent and Reconstruction Era," showcases modern Japanese art five years …

2023年10月5日 · Explore captivating Japanese WWII propaganda posters through compelling photos and narratives in this insightful article. Uncover the stories behind the art.

A year after Japan’s invasion of China in 1937, the Japanese military began their War Art Programme by sending artists to various battlefronts and occupied territories to create official …

Among the Axis powers, Japan produced a fascinating array of propaganda artwork, distinguished by its unique aesthetic, cultural references, and psychological strategies. Japanese …

Between 1937 and 1945, Japan’s military leaders commissioned official war artists to create images of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War. Approximately 200 pictures …

Asato Ikeda¶s book The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art During the Second World War offers an important consideration of wartime art. Ikeda, a notable scholar in the field of …

2023年8月25日 · Since the death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989 and the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the conflict in 1995, however, scholars have begun investigating Japanese war art in a …

2015年6月12日 · By World War II, Yasui was a well-established artist and known for his portraits of Japan’s cultural elites. While the painting subjects weren’t directly involved in the war …

2014年10月10日 · Japanese art in WWII: In 1951 the United States confiscated one hundred fifty three propaganda battle paintings that had been commissioned by the Japanese Imperial …

2015年7月14日 · This show brings together 14 famous artists' works, ranging in genres from Western-style oils to Japanese-style paintings and woodblock prints, offering depictions of …