Vintage political posters

Here is a selection of old Japanese posters featuring political, social and environmental messages. Sheltered Weaklings (Takashi Kono, 1953) [+] Anti-pollution poster (Kenji Ito, 1973) Against the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan (Kinkichi Takahashi, 1960s) Anti-war poster (Kenji Iwasaki, 1960s) [+] // Give Us Back Man (Tsunehisa Kimura, 1969) [+] Poster for exhibit in support of Vietnamese women and children (Makoto Wada, 1968) "Not what I had in mind" (Tsunehisa Kimura, 1968) Posters by Shigeo Fukuda Environmental pollution (Shigeo Fukuda, 1973) Victory (Shigeo Fukuda, 1989) [+] // [+] Remembering for the Future (Shigeo Fukuda, 1989) Human rights (Shigeo Fukuda, 1989) Hiroshima-Nagasaki 50 (Mamoru Suzuki, 1995) [+] // [+] Hiroshima Appeals (Yusaku Kamekura, 1983) [+] Peace in Jungle (Gan Hosoya, 1968) Goodbye whale (Mamoru Suzuki, 1994) No More War (Kazumasa Nagai, 1970) Human Rights - Living Together (Kazumasa Nagai, 1989) Peace (Kazumasa Nagai, 1989)

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