From the National Park Service's War in the Pacific National Historical Park site, these are from a photo album called Japanese War Art.
There isn't much of an of explanation behind these paintings, and a cursory couple of searches on a few of the artists in the captions got me nowhere. It would have been nice to have found bigger, better versions of these. I'd really love to see the colors in more detail.
But I can't stop looking at them, especially these:
Description: Japanese war art entitled, "Naval Parachute Troops Rushing into the Enemy Camp". Japanese paratroopers landing in field and fighting in the foreground. Mountains in the distance. Artist Takahishi.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "An Air Battle off Lae". Japanese fighter aircraft attack American twin-engine bombers. Action at image center shows after effects of suicide dive of a Japanese pilot. Artist Shigenoby Ishikawa.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "A Naval Bombing Mission". Japanese "Betty" Bombers flying in a formation above the clouds. Artist Kobayashi.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "Gaining Ascendency over New York". Japanese bombers flying in formation over lower Manhattan, Battery Park. Artist Kokan Kojo.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "The Landing in the Aleutians" (7-8 June 1942). Japanese Naval personnel move over grassy area carrying a Japanese flag". Artist Tomoharu Mikami.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "A Medium Bomber Type 96ZEB Nell MK2 Ready to Fly". Aircraft on flat field undergoing preparations for a mission. Artist Hakutei Ishii.
And my favorite so far:
Description: Japanese war art entitled "Attack against an enemy task force off of New Guinea" (21 February 1942). Dogfight between Japanese "Betty" bombers and American Fighters above American ships". Artist Junichi Goju.
There isn't much of an of explanation behind these paintings, and a cursory couple of searches on a few of the artists in the captions got me nowhere. It would have been nice to have found bigger, better versions of these. I'd really love to see the colors in more detail.
But I can't stop looking at them, especially these:
Description: Japanese war art entitled, "Naval Parachute Troops Rushing into the Enemy Camp". Japanese paratroopers landing in field and fighting in the foreground. Mountains in the distance. Artist Takahishi.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "An Air Battle off Lae". Japanese fighter aircraft attack American twin-engine bombers. Action at image center shows after effects of suicide dive of a Japanese pilot. Artist Shigenoby Ishikawa.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "A Naval Bombing Mission". Japanese "Betty" Bombers flying in a formation above the clouds. Artist Kobayashi.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "Gaining Ascendency over New York". Japanese bombers flying in formation over lower Manhattan, Battery Park. Artist Kokan Kojo.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "The Landing in the Aleutians" (7-8 June 1942). Japanese Naval personnel move over grassy area carrying a Japanese flag". Artist Tomoharu Mikami.
Description: Japanese war art entitled "A Medium Bomber Type 96ZEB Nell MK2 Ready to Fly". Aircraft on flat field undergoing preparations for a mission. Artist Hakutei Ishii.
And my favorite so far:
Description: Japanese war art entitled "Attack against an enemy task force off of New Guinea" (21 February 1942). Dogfight between Japanese "Betty" bombers and American Fighters above American ships". Artist Junichi Goju.
