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Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in Nanking

1 April 1943

A photograph published in a Japanese-run propaganda magazine in Java showing Tojo at a formal banquet during his visit to Nanking.

Shows Tojo as Prime Minister attending a formal banquet in Nanking, used as propaganda imagery.

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Black-and-white halftone photograph of a formal indoor banquet in an arched hall with draped flags on the walls. A man in a military-style uniform with glasses sits at a table with a white tablecloth in the foreground, with other seated and standing people behind and at the edges of the frame. A small dark tablecloth or table edge is visible at lower center.
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in Nanking, Djawa Baroe magazine, April 1943.

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What it is

This is a page from Djawa Baroe, a magazine produced under Japanese occupation for readers in Java, published in April 1943. It shows a black-and-white photograph of a formal banquet in a hall decorated with flags, with a uniformed man seated at the front among other guests.

Why it matters

Hideki Tojo was Japan's wartime Prime Minister, and images like this were used to present him and Japan's wartime leadership as dignified and powerful to audiences in occupied territories. The magazine was a tool of propaganda, shaping how people under Japanese rule saw their rulers.

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  • Who was the intended audience for this magazine, and how might that shape what is shown?
  • What does the formal setting of the banquet suggest about how Japan wanted to present its leaders?
  • What is left out of this image that you might want to know about this visit?

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