A public service poster from the early 1920s urging the women of Japan to wear underwear. Its many benefits include:  1) preservation of chastity when encountering "foolish men" (bakamono);  2) when walking overhead; 3) when boarding busses or trains;  4) in windstorms; 5) when washing clothes;  6) when fleeing from an earthquake.

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