07/08/2024
Some new items are now on my Etsy shop
fabric scrap from war propaganda Kimono
戦争柄男児用長襦袢はぎれ
Think about August 1945....
Size:
16cm × 65cm
6.3 × 25.6 inches
Sensō-gara are kimono patterns that depict scenes of war, created in Japan from the Sino-Japanese War period in 1894 to the World War II period in 1942. The styles can be divided into three periods. The Sino-Japanese War period (1894-95) featured ukiyo-e-style designs with imaginative depictions due to the lack of photojournalism. The Russo-Japanese War period (1904-05) was influenced by photojournalism and the popularity of postcards, resulting in postcard-like designs and Art Nouveau motifs influenced by the 1900 Paris Exposition. From the Taisho period onward, with the popularity of children's illustrations, soldiers were depicted as large-headed children, and military equipment like tanks and anti-aircraft guns were rendered very realistically.
Sensō-gara kimonos were mostly made for boys and adult men, with few for women. They were not government propaganda but rather a popular trend among the general populace.
