Treasure House of Oriental Literature poster, p. 3, 1955 US poster: A Japanese-language photo page numbered 3, on tan paper

Treasure House of Oriental Literature poster, p. 3 (Japanese poster distributed in Okinawa)

A Japanese-language photo page numbered 3, on tan paper, with four black-and-white photographs of readers in a library: a student with a 5,040-volume printed encyclopedia, a former Indonesian foreign minister with an epic translated into Old Javanese, a law student with Malay daily newspapers, and two staff cataloguing new Japanese-section books. A CI&E / USCAR emblem sits at lower right. The tell is transfer: scholars and a former minister lend prestige to the U.S.-run collection.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date: March 23, 1955
Period: Cold War
Made by: U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; CI&E / USCAR emblem on sheet
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
Theme: Science and technology
Event: Cold War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 23, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949111, 306-PPB-203).

Text on the object

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

古いジャバ語に翻訳した偉大な印度の叙事詩※マハブハラタ※を調べる、ハジ、アガス、サリム氏。※※

五千四十巻からなる世界で
最大の印刷された百科辞典を
勉強するもう一人の学生。

マレーの日刊新聞を調べて
いる国際法専攻の学生。

新しく日本語課に附加されたものを調べて
いる主要な目録作製者のアンドリウ、ク
ロス氏と課長のエドウイン、ビール博士。

[emblem:] CI&E USCAR
③

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

Haji Agus Salim, [formerly] foreign minister of Indonesia, examining the Mahabharata, the great Indian epic poem translated into Old Javanese. / Another student studying the world's largest printed encyclopedia, in 5,040 volumes. / A student of international law examining Malay daily newspapers. / Andrew Cross, the chief cataloguer, and Dr. Edwin Beal, section chief, examining the new additions to the Japanese section. [page] 3

A few kana in the first caption (the words 'formerly' and the name spellings) are small and read with some uncertainty.