Street scene in Kamata district as Japanese pulls cart along. Demolished Kamata district. Demolished power sub station. Donkey grazing among ruin of buildings. Ruined homes and factories in Kamata district.9 September 1945.
Two Japanese repairing horse drawn-wagon. Damage done to telephone building. Completely demolished Asano house. Damage wrought to the ground surrounding the Asano house. Portion of the Asano house left intact. Garden of the Asano house.9 September 1945.
Demolished Asano house and garden. Small stone with Japanese inscription and section of house where bomb hit. Destroyed front yard of Asano estate.9 September 1945. (World War II period).
Two people head to the gate of Zōjōji Temple (Zōjōji 4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese pedestrians pass by the busy street where Zōjōji Temple is located. Stone birdbaths can be found on the left side of the Zōjōji Temple. A pigeon in bird bath. A monument stands where remains of beggars are buried. Camera shifts from temple bird bath to the monument for beggars. Entrance to cemetery of Tokugawa Hidetada (1579- 1632), the second Shogun of Japan. Temporary Zōjōji temple after the original building was destroyed by air raids during World War 2. Door to the temporary temple. A statue of Buddha in temple.
Statue of Kannon, the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with mercy. Zōjōji temple (4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan) and its vegetable garden show extensive damage from air raid bombings during World War 2. Rubble is scattered all over the temple grounds. A bell in Zōjōji temple. Building housing the bell shows damage. The Shiba Tōshō-gū (4 Chome-8-10 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), enshrining the first Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, located beside the Zōjōji temple shows similar damage.
Shows Japanese crowd along street in Tokyo and demolished department stores and office buildings. Demolished safety deposit vault. Demolished buildings. Demolished Shinbashi theater.13 September 1945.
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