160904-0048 - WWII Propaganda Postcard

Japanese wartime propaganda from the late 1930s with an illustration of an elderly man praying at a Shinto shrine.

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

Japanese text:

『社頭に祈る』
雄々しく出征して呉れた
國に捧げた　あのせがれ
どうか　手柄をたてます様に
老父は祈る　ひとすじに

English translation:

“Praying at the Shrine”
The son who bravely
Went to the front to serve his country
The elderly father
Devoutly praying for his valor