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In 1945, Japan was defeated and Korea, liberated. Lost and liberation, though the starting point for both countries after the war was totally opposite, one common thing was that both countries ended up under the occupation of America. The leverage of the US was quite big when discussing the relationship of Korea and Japan after the war. And even among the same people, women's defeat and men's defeat, women's liberation and men's liberation were not the same. In same context, like Korea or Japan mainland, Okinawa is yet in another position. With the defeat of Japan, as Okinawa was freed from the mainland, it was occupied by America. And of course, the postwar for Okinawan women, whether it was defeat or liberation, was not same as the Okinawan men. With these aspects observed, this thesis is to illuminate the work of Oshiro Tatsuhiro and Higashi Mineo through the gender frame. Although it is not hard to imagine that their work reflects Okinawa's transition period for returning to Japan after the occupation, it would be meaningful to study how that is portrayed in the certain gender-structure specifically, and how that is similar and different.