| Item title: | Old geishas and generals |
| Title (romaji): | Baba geisha to gunbu |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J108) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/12 J108 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J108 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 9/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Buna [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Gona [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Sanananda [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area] Guadalcanal [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands] China–Hong Kong |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. The message compares the war situation for Japan to the ageing geisha who hides pock-marks and wrinkles by heavy make-up. The message then warns that such temporary cover-ups will not last for long. It touches on many of Japan's defeats and inaccurate accounts of lost battles given by Japanese authorities. The leaflet blames the dishonest military clique for driving millions of Japanese men to useless death. 50,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 08/26/2005 12:16:07 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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