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9472 items
![Gateway to Shinagawa Shrine (ddr-densho-299-219)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f4/1b/f41b14dabe08f66860e124ad415a3a84.jpg)
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Gateway to Shinagawa Shrine (ddr-densho-299-219)
Caption: "Torii or gateway to Shinagawa Shrine. Completed 1636 after 12 years of labor by 15,000 men"
![Tokyo ruins (ddr-densho-299-131)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/2f/972fdf1800a48fafbe1ca9d73a7b0d10.jpg)
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Tokyo ruins (ddr-densho-299-131)
Caption: "Tokyo 1946 after a series of fire bombings. Concrete buildings were left intact so finding / quarters for occupation troops wasn't difficult."
![Shrine in Nikko (ddr-densho-299-220)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/75/3475e83b8ed66e8d7c78b0d39e8dee1d.jpg)
![VIPs in staff cars stand for review (ddr-densho-299-170)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7b/d2/7bd26657abb401ee276694b41e0d5bef.jpg)
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VIPs in staff cars stand for review (ddr-densho-299-170)
Caption: "Staff cars carrying VIPs to reviewing stand for review. Dai Ichi bldg in right background."
![Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-98)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f4/86/f48699d1582e8c3daf36c22729a370ee.jpg)
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Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-98)
Caption: "Russia is represented by General Derevyanko."
![Aerial view of the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-213)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3c/34/3c349737cda18e728029eb8049e4c493.jpg)
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Aerial view of the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-213)
Caption: "Daibutsuden from an artillery spotter plane, a piper cub."
![Japanese tanks (ddr-densho-299-109)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e3/45/e3455169ab41c661b7d43b72d7fc4cbc.jpg)
![The Japanese Imperial Family (ddr-densho-299-171)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/86/b6/86b602d560d0edcfa636daf6cadf8d0a.jpg)
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The Japanese Imperial Family (ddr-densho-299-171)
Caption: "Gathering of the Imperial family members for a meeting to determine their roles and status / under the new democratic government."
![Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-96)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/db/ae/dbae06ce28eea52b15a7b5d69cd84231.jpg)
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Japanese forces signing the surrender treaty (ddr-densho-299-96)
Caption: "Aboard the USS Missouri, the victors and the vanquished sign the historic / surrender document."
![Crowd gathers to see General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-146)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3e/4d/3e4df4b95410df028b31b20eeae23e15.jpg)
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Crowd gathers to see General MacArthur (ddr-densho-299-146)
Caption: "Holiday crowd assembles to catch a glimpse of Gen. MacArthur the 'American Emperor.' / He was revered as such since the [sic] represented the powers which defeated Hirohito."
![View of trees and a tower in Nara (ddr-densho-299-211)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c4/25/c4258f80989189c1dd1192ac454fbd04.jpg)
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View of trees and a tower in Nara (ddr-densho-299-211)
Caption: "View from enlisted man's R & R hotel in Nara."
![Performance of Tabasco (ddr-densho-299-207)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/12/cc/12cc0abdca8609a2b1b3e3a704271ab8.jpg)
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Performance of Tabasco (ddr-densho-299-207)
Caption: "Las Vegas style 'Tabasco' fit the bill, as far as the GI's were concerned, and played to / full crowds."
![Carmen from the opera of the same name (ddr-densho-299-205)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0d/0b/0d0b0f59d61b1531497eca5e842e84fc.jpg)
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Carmen from the opera of the same name (ddr-densho-299-205)
Caption: "'Carmen.' The allied forces wanted to encourage the theatre arts which they had before the / war so the opera company continued to give performances which later became open to the / public."
![Captured Japanese weapons (ddr-densho-299-100)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/aa/58/aa581da9b58025c84197aecc50befb6e.jpg)
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Captured Japanese weapons (ddr-densho-299-100)
Caption: "As word of the surrender spreads, Japanese forces on the various Pacific [sic] isles / surrender to our troops and the mountain of captured weapons rises."
![Allied troops land in Southern Japan (ddr-densho-299-119)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/df/63/df637490edff0f33811350e2039393e9.jpg)
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Allied troops land in Southern Japan (ddr-densho-299-119)
Caption: "In Southern Japan, troops who only a month previous thought they would be / storming these shores under heavy fire, land amidst the usual gripes and 'snafus.'"
![War medal (ddr-densho-299-191)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/44/4d/444d243cacf9a2a4459b6524b32db6ac.jpg)
![American troops guard the HQ in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-110)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/83/02/8302ab7981546d34d73ff4be8bbb4080.jpg)
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American troops guard the HQ in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-110)
Caption: "Our soldiers, all heavily armed, guard all entrances of our headquarters for / we do not know the mettle of a defeated populace."
![Japanese woman dressed for a festival (ddr-densho-299-178)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5a/f8/5af8b8268b29b8edb4630082efb56274.jpg)
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Japanese woman dressed for a festival (ddr-densho-299-178)
Caption: "Young woman in festival kimono with wig and coat."
![Japanese troops training (ddr-densho-299-104)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9d/5b/9d5ba625f1d934e2aec3e6eaccead836.jpg)
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Japanese troops training (ddr-densho-299-104)
Caption: "Recruits in training at the time of surrender."
![Japanese rickshaw driver and passenger (ddr-densho-299-111)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6e/29/6e2934f4ed06393c49479ded8bccc111.jpg)
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Japanese rickshaw driver and passenger (ddr-densho-299-111)
Caption: "The only vehicles seen in the streets were jeeps or command cars with an occasional motorcycle / engine driven tricycle cart. With no taxis most people would rely on rickshas [sic]. There were a few / streetcars and charcoal fueled buses."
![A Noh drama performance (ddr-densho-299-208)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a2/b9/a2b9decf095dcb87a30bcc28c844bf7f.jpg)
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A Noh drama performance (ddr-densho-299-208)
Caption: "Noh Drama. Teaching the photographers the use of extension flashes."
![Bronze Buddha inside the Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-215)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/55/95/5595126e862906418daadf73113aec95.jpg)
![Japanese surrender delegation (ddr-densho-299-95)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e9/bf/e9bf579cc2cd0566e518bb996d28e1aa.jpg)
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Japanese surrender delegation (ddr-densho-299-95)
Caption: "Japanese delegation boards the USS Missouri to sign the surrender documents."
![Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/56/d2/56d227a1711ebedba0da4b6d877eeee6.jpg)
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Japanese refugees making camp in a field (ddr-densho-299-113)
Caption: "We helped with tents and evacuation of larger pieces"