160904-0047 - WWII Propaganda Postcard

Japanese wartime propaganda from the late 1930s with an illustration of people lining up enthusiastically to make donations to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers.

Card 6 of a series of 7 postcards intended to promote home front civilian support for the Japanese military.

Japanese text:

『熱誠の発露』
前線まもる
男の子らも
銃後の我等も　もろ共に
いざ戦はん
いざたゝん
同じ日出づる国民ぞ！

English translation:

“Expression of Fierce Loyalty”
Boys defending the battle front
We defending the home front
Let us rise and fight as one
We all are people of the same nation
The Land of the Rising Sun