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Photo, Print, Drawing Poster from the First Postwar General Election.

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Title

  • Poster from the First Postwar General Election.

Summary

  • The first general election in Japan after World War II was held on April 10, 1946, in Showa 21 (Showa years number the regnal years of Emperor Hirohito, starting in 1926). This was also the first election to be carried out after the electoral law reforms of December 17, 1945 (Showa 20), which granted all men and women aged 20 years and above the right to vote. This election poster includes text by the female author Ikuta Hanayo (1888--1970) and calls upon women to cast their votes. The voters elected 39 women to the Diet, the first female legislators in Japanese history.

Names

  • Ikuta, Hanayo, 1888-1970 Contributor.
  • Japan. Monbushō Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1946.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1946
  • -  Elections
  • -  Women

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 paper, 43.3 x 62.6 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668781

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ikuta, Hanayo, Contributor, and Japan. Monbushō Creator. Poster from the First Postwar General Election. Japan, 1946. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668781/.

APA citation style:

Ikuta, H. & Japan. Monbushō Creator. (1946) Poster from the First Postwar General Election. Japan, 1946. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668781/.

MLA citation style:

Ikuta, Hanayo, Contributor, and Japan. Monbushō Creator. Poster from the First Postwar General Election. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668781/>.