Count Ōtani Kōzui, the 22nd Abbot of the Nishi Honganji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, with his family in Kyoto, Japan. Count Otani's family in their garden in Kyoto. Count Otani is the head Priest of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Mrs. Kazuko Otani, the sister of the Empress Teimei (the mother of Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa), holds a baby. Count Otani smiles at the baby. His elder daughter plays with the baby. Count Otani, his wife, three sons and two daughters walk along a path in the garden.
Japanese civilians listen to a speaker during a street rally held in Hiroshima. The candidate represents Hiroshima Prefecture and is electioneering for the Diet. The crowd listens to the speaker. People as they listen to speaker. A member of Japanese Free Party Nippon Jiju Mr. Hisao Yamamoto speaks to the people about the policies of his party and begs the men and women to vote for him.
Women vote for the first time in Hiroshima, Japan. A woman writes a name on a ballot and walks out of a booth. Voters drop ballots into a slot in the ballot box. A yellow pine box under a heavy padlock.
Homes constructed for Japanese workers in Japanese cities after World War II. Homes of barracks variety which are given to those workers who are employed at the Higashi Misome Coal Mine. A Japanese woman washes small pieces of clothes in a wooden bucket in front of her home. A housing plan that is employed by the Higahu-Misome Mining Company. It further illustrates the conditions in which those homes are kept. A view from a train as it passes through various towns and cities while en route to Kyoto. The type of buildings found in most cities of Japan which were untouched in the strategic air attack against Japan
A group of young primary school children tend a garden and dig up the ground for further planting. A physical training class being conducted on a school playground. Girls do various exercises such as running, jumping and play basketball. The ceremonial dismissal by their teacher. They are uniformly dressed in white middies and navy blue bloomers.
Japanese school boys at work in Omura, Japan. Boys' Grammar School shows the boys marching to work with precision, carrying their shovels on their shoulders. They tear down the school air raid shelter. The boys march again and repeat the action.
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