Posts Tagged ‘old Japan’
Post-War Japan
This photo was taken in the immediate aftermath of World War Two in Tokyo. The teacher in the middle of the photo was chosen by a prominent womens magazine to show that Japan was re-educating the children and getting back on with the job of day-to-day life. [Read More]
Filling in the pieces
Looking through the battered box of old photographs that held so many memories for Sadako I come across these three photos. They are a continuation of the story and the photo I posted earlier today. They fill in the pieces as to what happened in Manchuria. They also provide [Read More]
Sadako Toyoshima
This is a photo of Sadako who was born at the turn of last century in Hiroshima, Japan. She kept the kimonobox for many years and nobody knew the extent of the papers, photos and memorabilia that she had collected over the years. After she passed away the box sat idle for a [Read More]
