Racial caricature 

I found a copy of Bill Hume's cartoons "Babysan: A Private Look At The Japanese Occupation" on ebay. It includes a set of highly sexualized racial caricatures of Japanese women in relationship with US soldiers in occupied Japan. Scanned & posted to IA:

archive.org/details/babysan-a-

The work screams for context and critique. Fortunately, there is a fantastic essay by Kim Brandt that serves as a great first stop:

aboutjapan.japansociety.org/le

#histodons #asianists #japan #japanesehistory

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