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Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture 2013 – “Paper Bullets: Frances Blakemore’s War Propaganda Leaflets against Japan 1944 – 45”
Monday May 13, 2013
7:00 PM Lecture, 8:00 PM reception
Kane Hall 225, Walker-Ames Room
Presentation by Dr. Michiyo Morioka

Sponsored by UW Japan Studies Program and made possible by the Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture endowment

SPACE IS LIMITED. Registration is appreciated. Contact JAPAN@UW.EDU

Northwest artist and a graduate of the University of Washington, Frances Blakemore (1906-1997) spent most of her adult life in Japan, her experiences bridging from pre-World War II militarism to postwar modernization. First arriving in Tokyo in 1935, she chronicled her early Japanese life in art, spent the war years in Honolulu, and returned to Japan in 1946 as a member of the Civil Information and Education Section of the General Headquarters led by General MacArthur. In subsequent years Frances flourished as an artist and gallery owner in Tokyo. This talk introduces the leaflet designs Frances created against her beloved Japan and discusses their artistic merit, the issues and processes involved in their production, and their effect on the Japanese toward the end of the war.