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Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Contributing factors to the popularity of the “Peace” sign in Japanese photography D1. Timeline synthesized from information above: V-sign becomes powerful, positive gesture during WWII Use of V-sign as part of photography pose dates back to at least 1960 Revitalization of V-sign as counterculture “peace” sign in ’60s/’70s coincides with period in which Japanese youth was both interested in U.S. youth culture and had means to import its artifacts and hab

Preface: “Why do so many Japanese people make the two-finger ‘peace sign’ in photographs?” is one of the perennial What’s Up With Japan questions. Sadly, the answer given usually derives from a half-assed Google search in which most of the pages found are just quoting Wikipedia anyway. This article attempts to summarize what is reliably known about the matter at the present time, with links to related information online where possible. Readers are invited to add any evidence of their own, inc