Japanese WW2 Propaganda Aviation Art "Gaining Ascendancy Over New York"

WW2 Historical Exhibit.

This is a Very Rare Aviation Art Collection
of Japanese Military Art, also known as Propaganda Art
dating from 1941 - 1943
The Portfolio is currently containing 35 of these prints for sale.
Listed Below are other art prints in this rare collection.

Translation by Nubuo Ichihara
for War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Partial translations describing the Japanese prints depicting victories (real and imagined) of Japanese naval and air forces.   

Three digit number indicates War in the Pacific museum website numbering; double digit numbers indicate current set of prints.

(01) WAPA203
Junichi Goju
A Heavy Attack Against an Enemy Task Force in the East Offing of New Guinea on February 21, 1942 

(02) WAPA210
Ishikawa
The Naval Battle of the Offing of Batavia (Java Sea)

The collapse of the enemy’s allied fleet in the area of the Java Sea on March 1, 1942…the scene of the last moment of the U.S. cruiser Houston.

(03) WAPA202
Borneo Campaign: Tarakan Island January 11, 1942
Minoru Kawabata

(04) WAPA205
Elizo Okuse
The Naval Battle of the Java Sea, February 27, 1942

Our torpedo boat flotilla begins firing at the enemies allied fleet.  (text mentions Dutch, British, Australia, and U.S. forces, including naming the USS Houston)

(05) WAPA214
Tanabe
A Heavy Attack on Tarakan Island of Indonesia, January 12, 1942

Mine sweepers attacking an enemy’s fortress.

(06) WAPA208
Kei Sato
The Air Raid on Clark Field, December 8, 1941

(07) WAPA229
Hakutei Ishii
A Medium Bomber type 96 2EB Nell Mk2 being [made’] Ready to Fly

(08) WAPA226
Matsuzoe
Triumphal Song of Lombok Channel, February 19, 1942
Our destroyers firing at Dutch cruisers.

(09) WAPA218
Kobayashi
The Air Base of Celebes

(10) WAPA204
Kohei Ezaku, painter dispatched from Navy of Japan
The Capture of Guam Island, December 10, 1941 

The morning of December 10, 1941, Imperial troops carried out the landing on Guam in the face of the enemy and soon overran the enemy’s garrison.  By December 12, we had finished mopping up and completely captured the island. 

Guam was attacked before being fortified. If fortifications had been completed, it would have been impregnable.   

This picture shows the scene of a naval brigade landing on a northern beach of Guam and advancing.

(11) WAPA232
Kokan Kojo: a compilation committee
Gaining Ascendancy over New York

If divine eagles (Japanese airplanes) flap the wings, skyscrapers, palatial buildings and the like would break to fragments in an instant.  

Although American sings loudly the freedom and the humanity, he do act with an atrocity like a beast. Material civilization as a [dummy] shall be punished by heaven in the end.

(12) WAPA209
Misahi Mikuni
The Naval Battle of the Offing of Bali Island on February 20, 1942
Plucky fight of our destroyers fleet firing against the enemy’s allied fleet.

(13) WAPA221
Shigenobu Ishikawa
An Air Battle on the Offing of Lae

If you fire away all y our shot, crash yourself against an enemy. Zero fighter dashing himself against B-26.

(14) WAPA222
Tanabe
An Air Battle in the sky of Balikpapan, the Center of Oil Manufacture of Borneo on January 24, 1942

(15) WAPA213
Yasushi Matsuzaka, painter dispatched from Navy of Japan
The Capture of Wake, December 23, 1941

At midnight on December 22 in 1941, our naval brigade dared to land in the face of the enemy.  In the gray morning on the twenty-third, we carried an enemy fortress and disarmed surrenderers.  At half past ten o’clock, when the enemy’s general hung out a white flag and cried out “Stop Fire,” the island was completely captured.

The picture shows the scene of enemy’s surrender.

(16) WAPA225
Matsunosuke Kojima
Refloatation and Refit Work of an Enemy Destroyer in a Dock of Java after Sweeping East Indies of the Enemy’s Forces

(17) WAPA224
Matsujiro Murakami
Searching for the Enemy on the Sea in a Squall Around Trincomalee of Ceylon Island where the British Navy has a Base for the Indian Ocean

(18) WAPA216
Tokushiro Kobayakawa
Our Fleet Advancing into the Military Port of Singapore in February 1942

(19) WAPA200
Pearl Harbor on December 8
Tsuguji Fujita, painter dispatched by the Navy of Japan

In the grey of the morning on December 8, 1941 (Showa 16), the Japanese Imperial Navy dared the great attack on Pearl Harbor Navy Base with a do-or-die spirit.  Then we sank five battlewagon, two light cruisers and one tanker, greatly damaged three battlewagon, two light cruisers and two destroyers, half damaged one battlewagon and four second class cruisers, destroyed more than four hundred sixty planes and the Air Force of the Hawaii district.

At this naval battle our special attack unit organized of special purpose midget submarines terrorized the enemy’s fleet, dashing into heavily guarded Pearl Harbor and attacking by storm the main forces at the same time as the vigorous attack of our air corps and carrying out a night attack by themselves. 

The picture portrays the complete view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor and the enemy’s fleet and the armaments of the enemy being consigned to the grave around the island.

(20) WAPA215
Tokushiro Kobayakawa
Our Destroyer Attacking an Enemy’s Heavy Cruiser Houston at the Offing of Batavia on March 1, 1942

Our destroyer launches a torpedo, braving a fierce fire from Houston and closing [on] it.

(21) WAPA233
Yoshihiku Matsumi
Anti Aircraft Night Fire

(22) WAPA217
Takashi
Naval Parachute Troop Rushing into the Enemy Camp
January 11, 1942, the capture of Manado of Celebes Island

(23) WAPA206
Yazawa
Sea-Cleaning Operations in Singapore Military Port Just after the Capture in February 1942 

(24) WAPA231
Tomoharu Mikami, a member of the Art Association
The Landing upon the Aleutians (Attu, Kiska) June 7-8, 1942

Imperial Navy Troops made a surprise attack on and captured Attu and Kiska at the western extremity of the Aleutians, and flew a sun flag over American territory.

One year after that, in May of 1943, an American large troop attacked Attu with many ships and mechanized units.  Our garrison counter-attacked hard against the enemy that was superior to us in numbers. Then at last they occupied the island and our Yamazaki troop died but never surrender.

The picture shows brave warriors of our naval brigade landing upon the American territory making a naval ensign shine.

(25) WAPA212
Toichiro Fujimoto
Submarine Torpedo Attack against U.S. carrier at Sunset on January 12, 1942 on the Western Sea of Hawaii

A dramatic moment of torpedo hits in a carrier (Lexington type 33000 tons)

(26) WAPA223
Shigenobu Ishikawa
Night Operations of the Battle of Savo Island, August 8, 1942
Burning first-class cruisers of enemy’s fleet suffer from our shelling.

(27) WAPA219
Yasushi Matsuzoe
Naval Battle off the Coast of Rennell Island on January 30, 1942
Commander’s plane crashes against the enemy’s second ship.

(28) WAPA228
(artist name not translated)
The Capture of Celebes, January 11, 1942

(29) WAPA227
Kobayashi
Naval Bombing Mission

(30) No WAPA print
Ships Entering Harbor

(31) WAPA211
Mitsuwa
An Attack on Covite Military Port on December 10, 1941

(32) WAPA220
Matsunosuke Kojima
Our Fleet Gains Ascendancy Over the Southern Sea
The brave figure of our fleet sallying forth. (undated)

(33) WAPA207
Ichiro Arioka
The Naval Battle in the Offing of Java on February 4, 1942

Imperial Naval force attacking a U.S. – Dutch combined fleet.

(34) WAPA201
Battle of the Malay Sea, December 10, 1941
Kenichi Nakamura

(names of the ships H.M.S. Repulse and H.M.S. Prince of Wales appear in the text)

(35) WAPA230
Kubota
To Seek for the Enemy