This guide is to introduce selected resources regarding WWII and Japan.
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National Policy (Propaganda) Kamishibai
•Produced from 1937 – 1945
•1,000+ titles?
•Many were destroyed after WWII
Video (in Japanese) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa6dgq
Displayed Items
Furoya no Daichan
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950064244605682
Kodomo no umi
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950474344605682
Tatakau norimono
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950474464605682
Kesshi no kubaku
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950474454605682
Kenchan no mura
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950474504605682
Boku ra (Bokura) no rikugun
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9950474444605682
Magazines for Children
King (Kingu キング) , Fuji (富士)1925-1957
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9948990964605682
Shonen Kurabu 1914-1962
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9949771834605682
Nippon 1934-1944
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9922258064605682
Creator: Yonosuke Natori 名取洋之助. Natori learned photography and photo magazine creation in Germany.
Published in English, German, French & Spanish
Front 1942-1945
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9922420894605682
Creator: Sozo Okada, Okada originally worked with Natori Yonosuke and together established "Nihon Kobosha" in 1933.
Translated to 15 foreign languages.
The Japanese empire
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9910098374605682
Japan Manchuko Yearbook
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9919977854605682
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9934648114605682
Japanese anime classic collection
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9931758964605682
Optional subtitles in Chinese, English, Japanese, or Korean (original animation in Japanese)
Fifty-five vintage Japanese animated short films, originally produced between 1928-1950
Norakuro series example: Private Norakuro (1933) on YouTube https://youtu.be/CK_NGGjtG0Q
Applied tactics, Japanese Army; translation of Japanese manual
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9910732974605682
Oyo senjutsu no sanko 應用戦術ノ参考
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma997667654605682
Civil affairs handbook: Japan 1944-1945
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9918623224605682
HathiTrust https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822007649882&view=1up&seq=12
Handbook on Japanese military forces https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9916191724605682
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051990953&view=1up&seq=3
Handbook on Japanese military forces/US war Department https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9930954314605682
Heigo ... organization of the Japanese army
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma993342994605682
The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma993381604605682
The Japanese Navy in World War II; an anthology of articles by former officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and Air Defense Force, originally published in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma991480104605682
Japan and the war
https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma996805454605682
Newsmaps
https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/NMAP/
Psychological warfare https://uhawaii-manoa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UHAWAII_MANOA/11uc19p/alma9947295014605682