Retro posters.Japan-China War (1937-1945).Civil Defense.

[dizzybass.livejournal.com]

Pictures from : retrophoto.nnm.ru

Comments

[pettythief.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I love these! The detail on the kimonos worn by the women are so odd juxtaposed with the gas masks and bombers.

[otana.livejournal.com]

These are amazing, thank you for sharing!

[caketime.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[dizzybass.livejournal.com]

;)

[stothechizo.livejournal.com]

these are kind of sad. they're preparing to get destroyed by war, basically.

[mrar.livejournal.com]

Definitely thank you for sharing. I wish I could read japanese! But I definitely get the general gist...it's also interesting to see all the women in kimonos, all the men in suits, and a random woman in western dress. I wish I could read the text to see what is implied by the woman in western dress, such as in #5 (#1 being the one before the cut).

[lucystag.livejournal.com]

Those are amazing and deeply disturbing. They seem oddly artistic to my eyes. Thanks so much for posting.

[nokomarie.livejournal.com]

Certainly they seem very aware of how much women had to do to protect themselves in a civil defense situation. Sort of funny to see the old Japanese myth of wetting the streets to cool down summer heat would suggested hold back the risk of fire in case of air strike. It doesn't work on summer heat and it sure as hell wouldn't work in case of a bomb but there it is. Just another piece of practically useless advice from the civil defense agency.