Kichiku Bei-Ei caricature: it proliferated throughout Japan. The demonic imagery appeared in political cartoons printed in every medium. It was widely discussed in general conversation. On elementary school grounds, ten-year-olds bayoneted straw bags with Kichiku Bei-Ei labels, attacked paper targets of President Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill, and tacked posters on their school walls, urging “Kill the American Devils!”
