William Hardy and Shigemitsu Mamoru

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-259-326

PARENT COLLECTION

Yasui Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This sailor must have been William Hardy, who was a cabin boy aboard one of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's ships which were used to force an entrance to Japan in 1853 Corky Kawasaki translated the Japanese writing, which from left to right is: Yasui, Masuo Dono [Mister or Esquire]...It was signed by Shigemitsu, Mamoru...Shigemitsu was the Foreign Minister of Japan by the time of its capitulation, and it was he who signed the surrender documents aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay in September, 1945."

DATE

31-Oct-18

LOCATION

Portland, Oregon

OBJECT GENRE

Portraits

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Yasui Family Collection

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