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ITEM FORM
Item title: Rice harvest
Title (romaji): Kome no shûkaku
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J124)
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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 J124
Inst. series: Various
Inst. sub-series:
Item: J124
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 2 pages, mimeographed copy
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Leaflet
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 20/10/1943
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:Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)
Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)
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 provided. The leaflet carries a photographic image of rice harvesting in Japan. The leafle, which is dated on 24 September 1943, reminds Japanese soldiers of the time of rice harvest in Japan, when even soldiers could take time off to help in the fields. The message states that old folks and even small children toil on rice fields as young men are taken to the war. It stresses that the real duty of Japanese solders should be working on the land inherited from their ancestors rather than fighting a war started arbitrarily by the military clique. The English translation notes that the purpose of the leaflet is to induce nostalgia and to nurture animosity against the Japanese military clique. 100,000 of them were printed.
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Last modified:11/28/2001 04:14:07 PM
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