[New constitution of Japan promotional slides] [slides]. 2.

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Pamphlet Text: 軍人たちはおのれの野望をなしとげるため、国民の人権を徹底的に無視しました。国民の考えや意見は自由にいわせないようにし、また政府の政策に反対するものはどしどしたい捕するといった工合についに太平洋戦争を初めてしまいました。そのため国民は敗戦とゆうみじめな苦しみをなめさせられることになったのです。国民はふたたびこうしたことを繰り返してはならないと考え今までの考え方に根本的な反省が加えられました。そうして新しい憲法制定のはこびとなったのです。
English Translation: In order to accomplish their personal aspirations, military personnel completely disregarded the rights of the people. They made it so that citizens were not allowed to freely express their thoughts or opinions and arrested those who stood in opposition to government policies one after the other. They ended up starting the Pacific War. Because of this, Japanese citizens had to experience the miserable hardships of defeat in war. The citizens knew that they didn’t want this to happen again, so they conducted a comprehensive reflection on the previous way of thinking. It is these circumstances that ushered in the establishment of a new constitution.
Image Descriptive Text: A man wearing common clothing labeled as 新憲法 (Shin kenpō), meaning "new constitution", holds up a crying, nearly horizontal and falling anthropomorphized map of Japan. Kyushu Island is depicted with legs and feet; Honshu Island is leaning forward with human arms reaching down and Hokkaido Island features the crying eyes and mouth. The crying nation symbolizes the suffering of Japanese citizens under the harsh military personnel, and the man symbolizes the new constitution trying to ease their suffering.
Main Entry - Personal Name: Kondō, Hidezō, 近藤日出造
Added Entry - Corporate Name: 03 日本幻燈株式会社.; 03 Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Published: [Japan : s.n., 1947?]
Format: 16 slides : col. ; 4.1 x 5.4 cm. in box 5 x 7 x 6.7 cm.
Note: 01 "制作日本幻燈株式会社"--box.; 01 "seisaku Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha" -- box
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term: Constitutional law Japan Slides.

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Collection: Alfred Hussey Collection: Japan's Constitution Slides
Image Size: 3822 x 2988
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Record: 10
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Full citation: "[New constitution of Japan promotional slides] [slides]. 2." In the digital collection Alfred Hussey Collection: Japan's Constitution Slides. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hussey1ic/x-10/brower2_025. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2025.