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I like japanese paintings, and I like WW2 aviation too, so what is better of japanese paintings about aircraft, painted during WW2?
After a little search, I found the following, some taken from here:
Zero fighter ready to take off from an aircraft carrier. It is also on the cover of this book, though mirrored:
This is the only one with a sure painter and title: 新井勝利《航空母艦上に於ける整備作業》, Arai Katsutoshi, "Maintenance work on aircraft carrier", Goolge translation from the link above. It says it is a "trilogy" with the following paintings, made c. 1943, as reported here.
Arai Katsutoshi was the real name of Arai Shori (1895 - 1972).
Another version of the above painting: someone can translate the text?
Maintenance work inside an aircraft carrier, the planes are Nakajima B5N torpedo aircraft.
A detail of the above painting.
The take off of a Nakajima B5N from an aircraft carrier.
Japanese navy airmen building/repairing an airstrip: in the background some Mitsubishi G4M bombers, in the foreground the wreck of an american aircraft (maybe a fighter).
Please, if you have others to post, I would like them.
After a little search, I found the following, some taken from here:
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 1.jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 1.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174698-06ad75bbbe06d0c82f9f298d68d5b14f.jpg)
Zero fighter ready to take off from an aircraft carrier. It is also on the cover of this book, though mirrored:
![ScreenHunter_23 Aug. 09 16.57.jpg ScreenHunter_23 Aug. 09 16.57.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174704-a3d470d92a93e499fb648d3008a22877.jpg)
This is the only one with a sure painter and title: 新井勝利《航空母艦上に於ける整備作業》, Arai Katsutoshi, "Maintenance work on aircraft carrier", Goolge translation from the link above. It says it is a "trilogy" with the following paintings, made c. 1943, as reported here.
Arai Katsutoshi was the real name of Arai Shori (1895 - 1972).
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 1 (alternate).jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 1 (alternate).jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174699-b998165b41572319780e48be7aa0ec91.jpg)
Another version of the above painting: someone can translate the text?
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 2.jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 2.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174700-43ced35f678fc5d49ffb10b5e25035cb.jpg)
Maintenance work inside an aircraft carrier, the planes are Nakajima B5N torpedo aircraft.
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 2 detail.jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 2 detail.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174701-9fbf071cddd6b38a8e853f188a889227.jpg)
A detail of the above painting.
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 3.jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 3.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174702-bb8944218ec8cc018b60acf484b87d2c.jpg)
The take off of a Nakajima B5N from an aircraft carrier.
![Japanese WW2 aviation art 4.jpg Japanese WW2 aviation art 4.jpg](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/174/174703-87ff1a08a010067498546ccb6afe613a.jpg)
Japanese navy airmen building/repairing an airstrip: in the background some Mitsubishi G4M bombers, in the foreground the wreck of an american aircraft (maybe a fighter).
Please, if you have others to post, I would like them.
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