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Sheltered Weaklings - Japan

Added by Murasaki Uchida 10 on Feb 25th, 2023

Date

1953

Credits

Takashi Kono 5

Format

Poster 2401
Protest Sign 7

Type of Work

Finished work 5644

Media

paper 2115

Techniques

offset lithography 648

Locations Made

Japan 558

Links

The poster is one of Takashi's masterpieces.

“It has a unique satire and is still fresh after 70 years.”
https://npo-plat.org/kono-takasi.html

It is owned by The National Museum of Art in Osaka.

See the link to the Wikipedia article about the securitiy treaty between the USA and Japan after WWII.

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