Kōyō Ishikawa

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Kōyō Ishikawa (石川 光陽, Ishikawa Kōyō, July 5, 1904 – December 26, 1989) was a Japanese photographer.[1]

Ishikawa with his Leica camera

As an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, he was virtually the only person who pictured the immediate damages by the bombings of Tokyo in World War II under a strict regulation that prohibited civilians from taking pictures of war damages.[2][3]

Gallery[]

  • Evacuees in the bombing

  • Rescue workers after the bombing

  • Victims of the bombing

  • TokyōAirRaids-Churred Civilians.png
  • Tokyo kushu 1945-3.jpg

  • City in ruins after the bombing

  • Tokyo kushu 1945-5.jpg

  • Bodies floating in the Sumida River

  • Salvage operation in Honjo

  • Street view of Asakusa

  • Bodies in Ueno Park

  • Photo-TokyoAirRaids-1945-3-10-Remains Ueno Park.png

  • Waseda University after the bombing

  • Waseda University after Tokyo bombings, March 1945 (2).jpg
  • Waseda University after Tokyo bombings, March 1945 (3).jpg

References[]

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
  2. ^ "Great Tokyo Air Raid a war crime (Yomiuri Shimbun editorial)". March 18, 2005. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  3. ^ "TBS「月曜ゴールデン『シリーズ激動の昭和 3月10日東京大空襲 語られなかった33枚の真実』」" (in Japanese). Retrieved September 20, 2008.


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