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Various events and shows attracted the people of Edo. Advertisements played a major role in announcing performances, and hikifuda flyers and nishiki-e prints were popular for conveying the atmosphere of events. What’s more, large gatherings of people were ideal locations for advertising.
5 paź 2023 · During World War II, major powers across the globe utilized propaganda posters as a means of communication and persuasion. In the context of this conflict, Japanese propaganda posters stand out for their remarkable artistic quality and distinctive messaging approach.
25 kwi 2022 · The “ Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan ” poster exhibition sheds light on the multifaceted forms of wartime disinformation, which remains especially relevant today with the...
9 maj 2011 · Visual propaganda that targeted the home-front in wartime Japan has recently been examined by scholars who have drawn attention to such aspects of material culture as clothing and textiles (Atkins 2002; Dower 2002), postcards and ephemera (Barclay 2010; Kishi 2010; Ruoff 2010) and propagandistic photo magazines (Kanō 2004, 2005; Earhart 2008 ...
affectivity of modernist manipulation of the image, effectively blur ring the line between publicity and propaganda through the 1930s and beyond. The burgeoning field of commercial design was profoundly influential in the transformation of Japanese social and cultural practices in the prewar period because the construction of recogniz
Corporate advertising campaigns were often keyed to state policy initiatives tying private sector goals to national interests. The utility of modernist artistic approaches in the commercial sphere was a topic widely discussed by Japanese photographers, designers, and design theorists writing in Kōkokukai (Advertising World) and Photo Times.
Advertising art touched by westernization. Japanese society and everyday life under- went a dramatic transformation during the Meiji period. Horse-drawn carriages, rickshaws, and bicycles appeared on the streets, and Western culture was prevalent everywhere with more and more people beginning to sport cropped hairstyles and Western clothing.
