Japanese propaganda Sugoroku Game dated at the start of the the Second Sino-Japanese War. Artwork by Masada Hiroshi with a map of the China Campaign on the reverse.
According to scholar Brian Bergstrom, “The top says it’s a supplement included in the boys’ magazine Shōnen Kurabu (Boy’s Club) 少年倶楽部 ( Volume 25, Number 12). The top also credits Nakamura Akihiko for the “planning” of the game; he was famous for creating inserts for Shonen Kurabu that could be folded into complicated 3D models.”
An eclectic assemblage of objects coving a wide range of human history.
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
