War Bonds for the Sino-Japanese War
Japanese propaganda poster calling for the purchase of war bonds issued from 1940 by the Imperial government to finance the Second Sino-Japanese War. Avant-garde illustration depicting a grand array of military aircraft soaring above the national and war flags of Japan, highlighting the purported boundless military resources of the Empire. Indeed by 1938, the armed forces accounted for a staggering 70% of Japan’s government spending, a figure which would only increase until 1945.
Text reads from right to left, top to bottom: Ammunition to the front! | China Incident War Bonds | Sold at post offices | From August 22nd to September 2nd. Ministry of Finance.
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Japanese propaganda poster calling for the purchase of war bonds issued from 1940 by the Imperial government to finance the Second Sino-Japanese War. Avant-garde illustration depicting a grand array of military aircraft soaring above the national and war flags of Japan, highlighting the purported boundless military resources of the Empire. Indeed by 1938, the armed forces accounted for a staggering 70% of Japan’s government spending, a figure which would only increase until 1945.
Text reads from right to left, top to bottom: Ammunition to the front! | China Incident War Bonds | Sold at post offices | From August 22nd to September 2nd. Ministry of Finance.
