Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941; Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters; magazine covers and book covers underwent a series of changes characterised by increasing Western influence; a growing middle class; industrialisation and militarisation; as well as (initially) left wing political ideals and (subsequently) right wing nationalism and the influence of European Fascist art forms. Pictures From History