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JAPANESE KAMISHIBAI PROPAGANDA IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Robin Krause

Du Pont Manual High School

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Japan’s 15 Year War

1931

Japan Invades Northwestern China

1937

Japan enters all-out war with China

1945

Conclusion of WWII

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Warm Up-Other WWII Era Propaganda�-Consider the following images and describe each propaganda item below�-Compare the methods and images that are used to motivate the population, with special attention given to targeted audience and government objective.

Translation from Russian: Will Give Everything for the Front

Translation from German: Women in Air Raid Protection

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Please take notes during each of the following videos:�

�“What is Kamishibai?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6URceEr_zc ��“NCTA Kamishibai Presentation” https://youtu.be/FvQPRxEmyxM��“Die for Japan: Wartime Propaganda Kamishibai” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFavUjEYc7Y

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Group questions for Kamishibai Images �(each student writes their own copy)�

A) In what year did the government create this artwork? �B) What was happening in Japan (specifically) during this time? �C) What idea are they trying to emphasize to their population in the Kamishibai image(s)? �D) What does your group think MIGHT be true of Japanese society based on the information presented?

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Pre Write

Japanese Propaganda:

Subject:

  • Author:
  • Audience:
  • Purpose:
  • Loaded Images?
  • Loaded Language?
  • What should someone think or do after seeing this image/text?

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__________ Propaganda:

Subject:

  • Author:
  • Audience:
  • Purpose:
  • Loaded Images?
  • Loaded Language?
  • What should someone think or do after seeing this image/text?

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Writing Task

Practice LEQ

�Identify similarities and differences between the methods, motives and audiences of Japanese Kamishibai and an item of Russian, American or German WWII propaganda. Provide specific historical evidence to substantiate your claim.

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Media and Information Resources�Videos��“What is Kamishibai?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6URceEr_zc �NCTA Kamishibai Presentation https://youtu.be/FvQPRxEmyxM��“Die for Japan: Wartime Propaganda Kamishibai” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFavUjEYc7Y��Print�Orbaugh , Sharalyn. Propaganda Performed: Kamishibai in Japan's Fifteen-Year War. Japanese Visual Culture, Vol 13. Boston: 2015, various pages from Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Image selections from “Record of the Cheerful Troop,” “Rice and Soldiers,” and “Friendly Air Raid Shelter”��Images�Vintage Kamishibai Production and Museum Portrayal of a Kamishibai Production�http://delphiessential.keenspace.com/Essay.htm��Propaganda Art for WWII Victory Gardens-CBS News https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fpictures%2Fpropaganda-art-for-wwii-victory-gardens%2F&psig=AOvVaw2noFCgVOmWW31cBUODzhPy&ust=1627331010022000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCNCTzdaG__ECFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD��Seven Decades of Soviet Propaganda–In Pictures�https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/jun/09/soviet-propaganda-art-posters-in-pictures��Homefront Propaganda In Germany and the USA�https://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/gallery_images/goebbels_gallery3.jpg����