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title: '琉球と同じ漁法で行う 米国漁夫 (Japanese-language poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands: ''American fishermen fish by the same methods as the Ryukyus'')'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ryukyu-fishing-us-trawler-oregon-japanese-1950s/
description: A green sheet with two photographs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife trawler Oregon and a harbour of moored Ryukyuan fishing boats.
section: Collection
---

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[![琉球と同じ漁法で行う 米国漁夫, 1950 US poster: A green sheet with two photographs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife trawler Oregon and a harbour](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ryukyu-fishing-us-trawler-oregon-japanese-1950s.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ryukyu-fishing-us-trawler-oregon-japanese-1950s.jpg)

# 琉球と同じ漁法で行う 米国漁夫 (Japanese-language poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands: 'American fishermen fish by the same methods as the Ryukyus')

A green sheet with two photographs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife trawler Oregon and a harbour of moored Ryukyuan fishing boats, a helm emblem and a hanging fish. The Japanese text says the Oregon built a new fishing industry in the United States using methods long familiar to Ryukyuan boats. The tell is plain-folks and transfer: American fishing is presented as the same craft as the Ryukyuans', with the CI&E/USCAR badge as sponsor.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Japanese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
琉球と同じ漁法で行う
米国漁夫

琉球の漁船に古くなら親しまれた漁法によって米国漁業局のトロール船オレゴン号は米国において新しい漁業の基礎をきづきました。

琉球の漁船群及此の漁法を最初にはじのました。

[on boat:] OREGON
[on boat:] 丸勝進 [partly cropped]
[badge:] CI&E USCAR
[artist initials:] C.S.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Fishing by the same method as the Ryukyus / American fishermen. By a fishing method long familiar to Ryukyuan fishing boats, the U.S. Fish (Fisheries) Bureau trawler Oregon built the foundation of a new fishing industry in the United States. [Second caption:] A fleet of Ryukyuan fishing boats and this fishing method were first begun [there].
```

Second caption and some kana read from a halftone-quality scan; wording is approximate where small. The title wording follows the printed ring text, which reads right to left around the helm.

[← Rizal Died for You: Be Worthy of Him (English poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rizal-died-for-you-be-worthy-of-him-english-1950-1955/) [Oregon tuna long-line photo sheet (Japanese-language poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ryukyu-oregon-longline-tuna-gulf-of-mexico-japanese-1950-55/)

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