Images of Japanese Labor and Social Movement in Post-1945 Japan
Ohara Institute for Social Research owns about 1400 posters of labor and social movements in the post-1945 period. Many of the posters are those in the second half of the 1940s and the 1950s when labor unions, legalized for the first time in 1945, engaged in intense struggles with employers and the government in order to win better wages and working conditions. We present a part of our 1400 collection in the “slide show format” (each poster is shown for 12 seconds). Posters are classified by the names of confederations and by industries. Titles and organizations of the presented posters are translated into English. Please note that they are rough translations and, in some cases, may not be 100 percent accurate. Please do not cite or quote these translations without our permission.
Posters of Labor Unions
Confederations
- Congress of Industrial Unions of Japan (Sanbetsu Kaigi) (13 Posters)
- Liaison Council of All Trade Unions of Japan (Zenroren) (5 Posters)
- Japanese Federation of Trade Unions (Sodomei) (9 Posters)
- General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sohyo) (45 Posters)
- Japanese Trade Union Congress (Zenro) (2 Posters)
- Congress of Japanese Confederation of Labor (Domei Kaigi), Japan Confederation of Labor (Domei) (7 Posters)
- Federation of Independent Unions of Japan (Churitsuroren) (2 Posters)
Industry Federations and Enterprise Unions
- Mining Industries (Mostly Coal Mining Industry) (30 Posters)
- Metal-Working Industries (57 Posters)
- Chemical Industries (12 Posters)
- Transportation Industries -private railways workers, taxi drivers, truck drivers, longshoremen- (17 Posters)
- Electrical Power Industry (30 Posters)
- Japan National Railways (Kokutetsu) (43 Posters)
- Teachers and School Employees (14 Posters)
Shunto (Spring Offensive)
Mayday
- Mayday Posters (106 Posters)
Kakuo Shinkai Exhibition
- Lithographs and Posters by Kakuo Shinkai (69 Lithographs and Posters)
Posters of Social Movements
Youth’s Women’s Movements
- Youths, Women’s Movements (66 Posters)
Updated date：2021.10.07
