ちよつとの指導で、昔ながらの手工藝が、農村に富をもたらすもとゝなる。 (With a little guidance, traditional handicrafts become a source of wealth for farm villages) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #9)

A Japanese-language photo poster on village handicrafts. A woman is seen through the warp threads of a loom, with woven matting in the foreground. The text says home weaving, pottery, woodwork and metalwork are important side income for rural people, that many countries are reviving them, and that U.N. specialists advise on raising output and quality. The tell is glittering-generalities: village revival is promised from 'a little improvement' without figures.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalities Plain folks

Date: September 14, 1953
Period: Cold War
Made by: U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda 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
Theme: Economy and finance
Event: Cold War
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
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, September 14, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730111, 306-PPA-211).

Text on the object

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

ちよつとの指導で、昔ながらの手工藝が、農村に富
をもたらすもとゝなる。

農村の人々にとつて、家内紡織、製陶、木工、金属加工等は、大事な
内職収入の道である。こうした家内工業は、大量生産品と競争しつゝ、
辛うじて生きのびて来たのである。今や多くの国々が固有の手工芸を復
活させようとしている。国際連合の専門家は生産量を増し、質的な改善
を行う方法について助言を与える。ちよつとの改善で偉大な成果を挙げ
る事が屡々あり、成功すれば、村々は蘇生する。

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

With a little guidance, traditional handicrafts become a source of wealth for farm villages.

For rural people, home spinning and weaving, pottery, woodwork, metalworking and the like are an important way of earning side income. These home industries have barely survived in competition with mass-produced goods. Now many countries are trying to revive their own handicrafts. U.N. specialists give advice on ways to increase output and improve quality. Great results are often achieved with a little improvement, and if it succeeds, the villages will be revived.

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Printed in Japanese with historical kana spelling and small kana set full-size; no imprint is printed.