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A portrait of Emperor Hirohito with his face erased is placed in the middle of a Japanese national flag and is crossed over with a bold red diagonal lines from each corner of the flag.

Several images of mother and child are layered to show the expected roles of mothers across the society. The cult of motherhood was one of the discourses to support the nationalist ideology for illusory unity during the war.

By contrasting images of Japanese mothers and Korean comfort women, Shimada visualizes the imperialist hierarchy.

The image consists of photos of a military brothel, prostitutes, and a person in underwear tinted with red. The artist raises the awareness to the tabooed issue of Japanese history to question the system of exploitation.

The picture is from Kawada's book The Map (地図).