William Hardy and Shigemitsu Mamoru
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-259-326
PARENT 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
OBJECT GENRE
Portraits
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
CREATORS
- S. Ninomiya Studio (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Yasui Family Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted