1930's Sino-Japanese War time vintage Postcards " Landscape of Mukden , China "

Japan, at war against China, but the nature China had was too magnificent to ignore for Japanese people.
Many postcards like these ones were made in Japan in the 1930's.

1900's Russo Japanese War Postcard Commemorative for the Welcome Meeting for Triumphal Return Soldiers in Hongo Ward (Tokyo) with Art Intending to Show Many Races are on Japan's Side

Japan loved making Russo Japanese War postcards showing the world are on its side, like this one, having Japanese people feel supported.

Civilian Support to Military ( donation ) / 1930's Japanese Postcards : Radio Equipment Dedicated to the Army 5th Division by Hiroshima, Yamaguchi & Shimane Pref.

Civilian support to military like this was often conducted in the 1930's.

Ministry of Army encouraged it as it helped patriotism & 

interaction between local cities & their regional divisions or regiments.

Postcards as the news media / 1910's Japanese WW1 Battle Scenes Art Postcards " The Great War of the World Powers " / austria hungary russian german french belgium army

Since the Russo Japanese War, there had been "a postcards boom" in Japan.
The WW1 main battles occurred far from Japan, and postcards like these ones were the war information source for Japanese people, along with journals and newspapers. Postcard was one of the news media.

1910's Japanese Navy WW1 Postcard : Photo of Seized German Submarine, Anti Germany Art & Description about WW1 Sea Warfare & Japanese Navy's Activity

Unlike Navy's ones, hostile artworks against Germany in Japanese Army's WW1 postcards are hardly seen, that is related to the history of the dawn of Japanese military forces.

After the Meiji Government established itself as the Empire of Japan, Imperial Japanese Army introduced the military system of the German Empire, while, Navy modeled on the British Empire.

Army kept respecting Germany even in WW1 time. 

And, No wonder Navy consented to dispatch the special duty fleet to the Mediterranean upon request of Britain.

1930's Sino-Japanese War Time Cavalry Art New Year Greeting Postcard "Now the peace matters the most" implying Japan seeks for an exit strategy for the war with its puppet government in China & Chinese civilians support

"Now the peace matters the most" implying Japan seeks for an exit strategy for the war with its puppet government in China & Chinese civilians support

1913 Japanese Army Postcards Commemorative for the Special Large Scale Maneuvers in Aichi Pref. / Civilian Support to Military

It was an honor for local cities to provide Army maneuver fields, and motivated them to make postcards like these ones.
Soldiers stayed at local private houses at night ,that helped military-civilian exchange, civilian understanding & support to military.

1930's Japanese Politics / Postcards : Poster Art for Election of the Diet Members / " senkyo shukusei undo " (election discipline movement)

Electoral fraud or vote rigging was one of huge political issues in Japan in the 1930's.

Government bureaucrats thought big influential parties & party politics itself were causing this problem, so, carried out a political movement called "senkyo shukusei undo" (election discipline movement) in order to weaken political parties. 

And, linking this movement with patriotism worked well to appeal to people.

1930's Japanese Postcard : Art of Japanese Nationalism & Anti Extremism "Protect this immortal Shinkoku (country of God) !!! Kageki Shisou (Extremism = Bolshevism ) is about to invade !!! " ( Anti Bolshevik communism soviet )

Russian revolution brought Japan communist sympathizers especially among some intellectual class people. Japan feared communism , calling it "Kageki Shisou", and the other intellectuals let Japanese tradition & loyalty to the emperor confront it like this postcard.

1930's Japanese New Year Greeting Postcard : Art of Army Paratroopers & Remark on the Wartime National Prestige "Now, Yakushin (progress) matters the most."

"Yakushin" was a popular phrase in Japan in the 1930's. 

It literally means "progress , advance ", and politically refers to expansion of the Empire, that is establishment of Manchukuo and other china puppet states. Japan called it "East Asia Unity", implying anti west.