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Photo, Print, Drawing Poster for the Recruitment of Emigrants.

About this Item

Title

  • Poster for the Recruitment of Emigrants.

Summary

  • This poster was made by the Japanese Settlement Company of South America, which was mainly financed by a giant textiles group in Japan. This company was established in 1928 to promote emigration from Japan to the Amazon River basin, in Para Province in Brazil. Japanese emigration to Brazil began in 1908, and reached its peak in 1926--35. Following the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888, the government of Brazil looked to immigrants to address a labor shortage in the increasingly important coffee industry. European immigrants, particularly Italians, filled the gap at first, but were later joined by immigrants from Japan, where rural poverty was widespread and the economy was struggling to modernize and to reabsorb soldiers returning after the Russo-Japanese War (1904--5).

Names

  • Japanese Settlement Company of South America Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1908 to 1935]

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  Brazil
  • -  1908 to 1935
  • -  Emigrants
  • -  Emigration and immigration
  • -  Japanese -- Brazil

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print, 53.9 x 39 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

  • 2021668784

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Japanese Settlement Company Of South America Creator. Poster for the Recruitment of Emigrants. Brazil Japan, 1908. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1935] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668784/.

APA citation style:

Japanese Settlement Company Of South America Creator. (1908) Poster for the Recruitment of Emigrants. Brazil Japan, 1908. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1935] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668784/.

MLA citation style:

Japanese Settlement Company Of South America Creator. Poster for the Recruitment of Emigrants. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1935] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668784/>.