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

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 Plain folks

Date: 1950
Period: Cold War
Made by: CI&E, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR), per badge; USIA Posters Distributed in Asia series
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Eisenhower Administration
Leader: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Audience: Foreign public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: Economy and finance, Empire and colonialism
Event: Cold War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, c. 1950-55. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730122, 306-PPA-224).

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.