1945 (dated)
Description
A striking Japanese propaganda pictorial / manga map and sugoroku game board issued by Shogakukan (å°å¸é¤¨) for its
Shogaku Rokunensei (å°å¦å å¹´ç; [Sixth Grader]) magazine in January of 1945, the final year of World War II. The map covers most of China from the Great Wall to Taiwan and Hainan. Rivers are greatly exaggerated. Despite the desperate situation that Japanese forces were then in, Japanese soldiers, battleships, and warplanes are featured throughout in heroic poses. The verso contains additional content further propagandizing the war effort.
SugorokuThe essence of the game, generally known as simplified
sugoroku, is akin to the western board game, snakes and ladders. Historically there are two variants of