Publicity and Propaganda in 1930s Japan: Modernism as Method

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October 01 2009 Publicity and Propaganda in 1930s Japan: Modernism as Method Gennifer Weisenfeld Gennifer Weisenfeld Gennifer Weisenfeld is Associate Professor of Japanese Art History and Visual Culture at Duke University. Her main field of research is nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese visual culture, particularly the impact of Japan's modern social and political transformations on artistic production and practice. She is currently working on two book projects: one on modern Japanese commercial design titled The Fine Art of Persuasion: Commercial Design in Twentieth-Century Japan; the other on cultural responses to the Great Kant Earthquake of 1923 titled Imaging Disaster: Visual Culture in Japan after the 1923 Great Kant Earthquake. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Gennifer Weisenfeld Gennifer Weisenfeld is Associate Professor of Japanese Art History and Visual Culture at Duke University. Her main field of research is nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese visual culture, particularly the impact of Japan's modern social and political transformations on artistic production and practice. She is currently working on two book projects: one on modern Japanese commercial design titled The Fine Art of Persuasion: Commercial Design in Twentieth-Century Japan; the other on cultural responses to the Great Kant Earthquake of 1923 titled Imaging Disaster: Visual Culture in Japan after the 1923 Great Kant Earthquake. Online Issn: 1531-4790 Print Issn: 0747-9360 © 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009 Design Issues (2009) 25 (4): 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2009.25.4.13 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Gennifer Weisenfeld; Publicity and Propaganda in 1930s Japan: Modernism as Method. Design Issues 2009; 25 (4): 13–28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2009.25.4.13 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.