Post-World War II

img Japanese farmers threshing rice (ddr-densho-299-63)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77289. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work hard: / Japanese farmers, working on a / farm located near Mount Fuji, / Japan, thresh rice by means of a / foot driven machine. This is / extremely fatiguing work, and / the operation must be executed / with great care as grain left …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-63/

img Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)

Caption: "We helped with tents and evacuation of larger pieces"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-113/

img Japanese men and women working in front of a shack (ddr-densho-299-50)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1947. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Home industry -- Typical home industry / carried on in front of wooden shack / in metropolitan Tokyo. Wooden chips / used as fuel. / Photographer - Orzio / Photograph by U.S. Army"

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img Workers gathered for speeches (ddr-densho-299-5)

Caption on reverse: "Workers / gathered for / May Day speeches."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-5/

img Crops growing in bombed out buildings (ddr-densho-299-7)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2015. 30 March 49 / NRS Project: / Production of food crops among bombed / out buildings showing utilization of / every available space. / Photographer-Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-7/

img View of Tokyo from the air (ddr-densho-299-118)

Caption: "Tokyo in 1946 as viewed from the air. Fire bombs were used extensively so many walls were left standing."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-118/

img Japanese people constructing shacks from rubble (ddr-densho-299-122)

Caption: "Amidst the rubble and ruin of Yokohama, people return to construct makeshift / shacks from the remains of what was once a factory."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-122/

img The ballet Scheherazade being put on (ddr-densho-299-204)

Caption: "Ballet 'Sheherazade' [sic] was more popular (fewer left at intermission) but wasn't popular with / the GIs."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-204/

img Truck loaded with charcoal (ddr-densho-299-56)

Caption on reverse: "Charcoal / Caverim [sic] / taking / place."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-56/

img Ainu chieftain transports a gift from his people to General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-187)

Caption: "An Ainu chieftain braves the horrible transportation system of 1947 to bring a gift from his / people to the victorious 'American Emperor' General MacArthur."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-187/

img Close up of a larger painting of Japanese settlers and natives of Saipan committing suicide (ddr-densho-299-231)

Caption: "This is a detail from a larger painting showing natives of Saipan and Japanese settlers ready to throw / themselves over the cliff at the right rather than submit themselves to the torture and death that they were told / they would face when our troops invaded." Ted Akimoto noted that "during the war many …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-231/

img American GIs help guard the Imperial Palace grounds (ddr-densho-299-140)

Caption: "To prevent the curious and those with dreams of loot from entering the palace / grounds, our troops bolster the forces of the tiny policemen of Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-140/

img A woman cultivating crops in a bombed out area (ddr-densho-299-23)

Caption in reverse: "FEC-49-1946. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Utilization of every available space / for production of food crops, even / among the rubble of bombed ruins / and foundations. Woman with baby / on her back cultivating winter wheat / Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-23/

img Emperor Hirohito walks down the streets of Japan (ddr-densho-299-164)

Caption: "The first time Emperor Hirohito walked among the common people. Note the various / expressions."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-164/

img Telephone operators before starting work (ddr-densho-299-193)

Caption: "Telephone operators bowing respectfully to their supervisor before beginning work."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-193/

img Prisoners being transferred from prison to the trials by bus (ddr-densho-299-158)

Caption: "Prisoners en route from prison to trials. Tojo is man with glasses in second row."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-158/

img Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-44/

img Farming fields in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-49)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1870. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Use of land on flood plain of the / Tamagawa River, Tokyo for growing / wheat and cabbage. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-49/

img Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan (ddr-densho-299-141)

Caption: "As the dreams of conquest vanish with the A-bomb destruction of Hiroshima and / Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito, sovereign of Japan, wearing his uniform for the last / time, goes forth to announce the bitter news of 'surrender.' / This photo and next page were confiscated from Japanese newspaper files."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-141/

img Japanese farmer planting rice (ddr-densho-299-176)

Caption: "Rice plants are planted individually by hand in the muddy soil."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-176/

img Dyed and washed fabric drying (ddr-densho-299-21)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1861. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood - Japanese drying rack used for drying dyed / and washed materials. Standard length / of Japanese kimono material drying / is 6 yards and approximately 1 foot / wide. Tokyo. / Photographer - Dunn / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-21/

img Farmers weeding potato fields (ddr-densho-299-10)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-6063. 17 July 48 / Crop collection report: / In Japan, as is shown in this picture / taken in the Urawa area, Saitama / Prefecture, farmers weed their / potatoes by hand. / Photographer - Calmus / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-10/

img Shumei Okawa being redressed by a guard after partially disrobing during the trials (ddr-densho-299-160)

Caption: "Insane (?) Shumei Okawa has his shirt buttoned by a guard after he partially / disrobed. Shortly thereafter he slapped Tojo on his bald plate causing much / hilarity in an otherwise somber arraignment [sic] proceedings."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-160/

img A house and stone garden (ddr-densho-299-19)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1438. 1 March 49 / NRS Project: / Frame dwelling and a collection of / stones used for gardens in Tokyo, Japan. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-19/

img Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-199)

Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright's famous earthquake proof Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Only for colonels and / higher ranks."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-199/

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