Shintoism, Buddhism and Confucianism are three main religions practiced in Japan during the Shōwa era. Japanese women teach their children how to perform the Chōzu-ya (a Shinto ritual for washing hands and mouth) using a water ladle at a chōzubachi (large water-filled basin) outside a Buddhist temple. Children and women wash their hands before entering temple. Japanese worshippers bow inside a Buddhist temple. A stone statue of Buddha outdoors. Women bow in front of the main altar. A group of Shinto priests posing outside a building.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Hiroshi Saito, views the Japanese Sakura cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. He is seen with his wife and children. Ambassador Saito and his family pose under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom during springtime. The cherry blossom trees in Washington DC are donated by Japan to the United States of America. Ambassador Saito meets with United States dignitaries at the Tidal Basin.
Small Japanese children play in school as their teachers look on. Exterior views of school house and some teachers or adminstrators. Children playing in school yard, wearing traditional Japanese clothing. Film shot in approximately 1934-35.
Shows Japanese citizens waiting for a street car or trolley, and men hauling log on cart. Scenes of destruction and poverty in Japan after the end of World War II. Damaged laundry in Shiba district of Tokyo city. Destroyed Japanese washing machine.
U.S. planes bomb Japanese ships in south pacific near the tip of New Briton. Bomb blast on and near the ships. Aerial view of bomb blasts and Japanese ships below. (World War II period).
Men of Japanese descent at a meeting in the United States, circa 1941-1942, near time of opening of relocation centers and internment camps for Japanese citizens. Men sit at a meeting table. A man stands and speaks. A man wears glasses. A man smokes.
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