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Surviving museum (ddr-densho-299-126)
img Surviving museum (ddr-densho-299-126)
Caption: "Museum survived fire bombs but interior completely destroyed."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-126/
Japanese farmer drives his ox pulling his cart (ddr-densho-299-183)
img Japanese farmer drives his ox pulling his cart (ddr-densho-299-183)
Caption: "Some farmers were lucky enough to have oxen alive after the war."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-183/
Building where the Tokyo war crimes trials were held (ddr-densho-299-154)
img Building where the Tokyo war crimes trials were held (ddr-densho-299-154)
Caption: "Site of the war crimes trials."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-154/
Bell in Nara Park (ddr-densho-299-218)
img Bell in Nara Park (ddr-densho-299-218)
Caption: 'Daibutsu Bell in Nara Park. Note the size of the bell by comparing to the children."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-218/
Young Japanese girl dressed in a kimono (ddr-densho-299-181)
img Young Japanese girl dressed in a kimono (ddr-densho-299-181)
Caption: "Young girl in her festival clothes holding a badminton paddle."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-181/
Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-202)
img Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-202)
Caption: "To encourage the arts and in an attempt to expose the GIs to 'culture,' Wagner's opera Tannhauser / was presented."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-202/
A traditional imperial ceremony (ddr-densho-299-197)
img A traditional imperial ceremony (ddr-densho-299-197)
Caption: ";Unchanged [sic] for centuries, an imperial ceremony is held within the palace grounds."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-197/
Performance of The Mikado (ddr-densho-299-206)
img Performance of The Mikado (ddr-densho-299-206)
Caption: "The Mikado played in Japan for the first time. The operetta would have been considered sacrilegious before / the occupation."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-206/
Japanese recruits stand at attention (ddr-densho-299-105)
img Japanese recruits stand at attention (ddr-densho-299-105)
Caption: "Note how young the recruits are."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-105/
Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)
img Japanese men make fuel from charcoal (ddr-densho-299-116)
Caption: "With no gasoline available they devised a method of using charcoal to generate a gas sufficient to / power an engine. They would place the charcoal into large containers on the truck."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-116/
Japanese political demonstrations (ddr-densho-299-138)
img Japanese political demonstrations (ddr-densho-299-138)
Caption: "For the first time the populace was allowed to hold demonstrations. Notice that traffic in Japan is on the left side. All the vehicles are GI vehicles. The sedans are staff cars."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-138/
Removing bayonets from captured weapons (ddr-densho-299-101)
img Removing bayonets from captured weapons (ddr-densho-299-101)
Caption: "Bayonets are removed from the rifles."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-101/
The Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-214)
img The Daibutsuden (ddr-densho-299-214)
Caption: "Daibutsuden. Home of the huge bronze buddah. Largest wooden structure in the / world. Some idea of the size can be made by looking at the people in the doorway."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-214/
Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)
img Japanese refugees row a boat through flooded streets (ddr-densho-299-112)
Caption: "Earthquakes and floods come so regularly that people don't seem to get too excited."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-112/
Japanese farmers with
img Japanese farmers with "Honey Buckets" full of fertilizer (ddr-densho-299-182)
Caption: "'Honey Buckets' full of human excrement collected to be used for fertilizer."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-182/
The Dai Ichi building (ddr-densho-299-135)
img The Dai Ichi building (ddr-densho-299-135)
Caption: "The Dai Ichi building, one of the few buildings which withstood the firebombing / becomes headquarters of SCAP General Douglas MacArthur."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-135/
Detention block in Sugamo prison (ddr-densho-299-155)
img Detention block in Sugamo prison (ddr-densho-299-155)
Caption: "Sugamo prison where all the class 'A' war criminals were held."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-155/
Japanese artillery (ddr-densho-299-107)
img Japanese artillery (ddr-densho-299-107)
Caption: "Artillery pieces to be destroyed."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-107/
Three men looking at a newspaper (ddr-densho-296-94)
img Three men looking at a newspaper (ddr-densho-296-94)
Eiichi Yamashita, far left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-296-94/
Masako Yamashita (ddr-densho-296-22)
img Masako Yamashita (ddr-densho-296-22)
Caption on reverse: "Jerry's mom."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-296-22/
Baseball team (ddr-densho-321-480)
img Baseball team (ddr-densho-321-480)
Caption on reverse: "1924, August 24 at Seattle / Grandpa Takao Fujii / seated second from right / Mr. Taniguchi second from left. / About 1924."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-480/
Fusae Fujii's wedding portrait (ddr-densho-321-1065)
img Fusae Fujii's wedding portrait (ddr-densho-321-1065)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-1065/
Scene at Fusae Fujii's wedding (ddr-densho-321-1064)
img Scene at Fusae Fujii's wedding (ddr-densho-321-1064)
Caption in album: "Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-1064/
Group photograph at a funeral (ddr-densho-321-896)
img Group photograph at a funeral (ddr-densho-321-896)
Caption: "Takezo was shot by rival Yakuza gang. / Grandpa Mori cousin of Mrs. Mori (Moss's grandmoather)."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-896/
Scene at Fusae Fujii's wedding (ddr-densho-321-1060)
img Scene at Fusae Fujii's wedding (ddr-densho-321-1060)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-1060/
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