The Confusion Era: Art and Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Kono Takashi, Sheltered Weaklings, 1953. Silk screen, 98.5 x 72.5 cm. Atelier Deska Created as a personal response to the 1951 San Francisco peace agreement, Kono described his design's purpose by saying he wished to caution his fellow citizens against meekly following the "big American fish" in cultural, political, and social ways.