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Japan has an amazing exhibition of graphic anti-war posters.
The “Hiroshima Appeals” poster was started in 1983 as a project to widely appeal the “spirit of Hiroshima” beyond words to people inside and outside the city. Currently sponsored by the Japan Graphic Designers Association (President Taku Satoh) Hiroshima area, Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation (President Keiichiro Yamamoto), Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund (President Tetsuya Okabatake) Each year, one of JAGDA’s leading designers volunteers to create a poster.
The first work, “Burning Butterfly,” was created in 1983 by the Mr. Yusaku Kamekura, who was the chairman of JAGDA at the time.In November 2019 during Pope’s visit to Hiroshima, Hiroshima city presents past posters.
From October 2019 Traveling exhibitions of successive posters to Latvia, Austria, Germany, etc. took place.And now japanese artists continue to convey their anti-nuclear feelings and sadness of war, and their desire for peace, both domestically and internationally.