Research on Election Posters University of Tokyo, Ikuo Kabashima Seminar Kodokusha "Research on Election Posters" University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Ikuo Kabashima Seminar Kodokusha Release Date: November 2002 517 pages List Price: 11,000 yen (tax included) Read once, but in relatively good condition. A seminar research report that explored Japanese political culture by collecting and analyzing election posters of national election candidates. It covers analysis of design, photographs, and textual information, as well as candidate attributes, constituency attributes, and relationships with political parties. Ikuo Kabashima is a Japanese politician and political scientist. He is the Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture (elected 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th terms), Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and a steering committee member of the National Conference to Create a New Japan (21st Century Council). His expertise is in political process theory and quantitative political science. A Political Science Analysis of 685 Posters from the 2000 General Election. The 4th term Kabashima Seminar sheds light on election posters, a medium previously ignored in research, and challenges the unprecedented task of "poster analysis" without being bound by common sense. We extracted 77 variables from 685 candidate posters from the 2000 General Election, created a database, and conducted analysis from all angles using this data (the analysis results are crystallized into approximately 50 "columns" and three papers, forming the main content of this book). Our initial assumption, and the argument of this book, is that "election posters are a resource allocated relatively equally to each candidate, and conscious and unconscious election strategies are actually reflected here." While this book can be positioned as a study of election strategy, considering that posters are valuable materials that quickly disappear after an election, the third part, "Collection of Election Posters," which includes 685 posters in full color, has significant documentary value in itself. It may be possible to glimpse one aspect of contemporary Japanese political culture here. We hope that not only researchers but also "practitioners" and general voters will pick up this book and enjoy the raw "image of politicians" that cannot be conveyed by data alone.