Painting by Shinkai Kazuo, 1943. As depicted here, savings, however small, were a patriotic duty for everyone—women, men, children, and soldiers too.

From: Hariu, Ichirō et al, eds. Sensō to bijutsu 1937-45 (Art in Wartime Japan 1937-45). Tokyo: Kokusho Kankōkai, 2007; 53.