Abstract：There were a great deal propaganda posters used for mobilizing masses for resistance during the Anti-Japanese War. The female poster images have not been examined by scholars since the war. This paper places female poster images in the context of the war and restores some female images to their reality of 'suffering' at the time and other images to their actual 'participation in resistance'. Either of these images could be viewed through a multi-model discourse as truly factual because the former was used in posters targeting men and intending to mobilize men to participate in resistance. The latter, which deemphasized female characteristics, was used to target women and mobilize them for the resistance. When targeting women, the posters often had women in life situations in the centre space. In all, the female images in the propaganda posters not only played a positive role in mobilizing the citizens, but also improved the social status of women during the wartime.
2015, Vol. 0 
