PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-4-1898 (J1640.009)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Tokyo, December 1, 1936. Last year Kocho Otani decided to plan a radical reformation of education and learning in the religious sect. He is the head of Higashi Honganji. He is going to [?] throughout Japan. At first, Otani, his wife Tomoko, President Sekiene, and Koga, who is [?], got to Tokyo at 3:25 p.m. They started a round of inspection in the Kanto district. Before they made their inspection in Tokyo, they inspected [?] Honganji, even though they know that working on Saturday and Sunday breaks their vow. The abbot will stand on a platform to make a speech in Hibiya Public Hall. He must talk about [?] on Saturday and Sunday.
In the photograph, Kocho and the others when they arrived in Tokyo."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation

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