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28-35: On the Street
The Pennino Collection, 28-35: On the street
Permission to use the Pennino Collection
If photos are used for non-commercial educational purposes such as use of the photos in class lectures, students’ presentations, and academic conference presentations, no permission is necessary. Please credit the photos with the sentence: “From the Walter A. Pennino Postwar Japan Photo Collection, courtesy of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.” However if the photos are planned to be used in books, newspapers, documentaries, films, and other forms of media and print, the users must write to the Center for Japanese Studies to request permission. In the request, please explain the topic and the type of media/print.
Send inquiries or requests to:
Pennino Photo Collection
Center for Japanese Studies, Moore 216
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-2664
Fax: 808-956-2666
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Photo ID 28
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Beggar and His Dog 1
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CAPTION: A man sits on Sukiyabashi Bridge (Ginza, Tokyo) with his dog. The former Tokyo Head Office of the Asahi Newspaper is in the background.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: The sign on the building is an advertisement for the book by Hanayama Shinsho (1898-1995), Heiwa no hakken: Sugamo no sei to shi no kiroku (The discovery of peace: a record of the lives and deaths in Sugamo), published by Asahi Shimbun in 1949. Sugamo was the name of the prison where Japanese accused of war crimes were held for their trials and executions in the late 1940s. Hanayama was a Buddhist priest who was a chaplain in Sugamo Prison and attended to the war criminals. The building in this photo is the old Tokyo Head Office of the Asahi Shimbun. In 1980 the Head Office of Asahi Shimbun moved to Tuskiji.
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Photo ID 29
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Beggar and His Dog 2
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CAPTION: Pedestrians are passing in front of the man on Sukiyabashi Bridge, Ginza. His dog has a basket hanging around its neck to collect money.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The pedestrian on the far left looks like a GI. The round building with porthole shaped windows, at the right upper corner of the photo, is most likely Nihon Gekijo (a theatre complex for films and live entertainment shows), located nearby Sukiyabashi Bridge (Ginza, Tokyo). Because of its many concrete and steel buildings, this area of Tokyo survived the fire bombings better than other areas of Tokyo. See the website Maboroshi Chan’neru
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CAPTION: A woman shines a little boy’s shoe while she smiles for the camera.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The street sign at the top right hand corner of the photograph is a sign for Seiroka, which means St. Luke’s. St. Luke’s is a hospital located in the Tsukiji area of Tokyo, Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku. This would indicate that the photo was taken somewhere close to the hospital. St. Luke’s hospital was taken over by the occupation forces on their arrival in Tokyo. In the rear of the picture is a US army jeep with white markings, which might mean it was attached to the hospital.
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CAPTION: Three shoe shiners are working on the street.
ADDITIONAL INFO: There are no obvious hints that indicate the location, but this is perhaps Sukiyabashi, Tokyo. There is an advertisement for “kyodo-bokin” on the bridge post. Kyodo-bokin is money collected for welfare purposes. In Japan, the money is collected between October 1st and December 31st and those who donate to the fund receive a red feather.
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CAPTION: A man who shines shoes waits for a customer.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Shining shoes was one way to make money in Tokyo for the many Japanese who returned from overseas, or returned from the countryside after the war. Judging from the man’s face, it doesn’t look like business is very good.
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Photo ID 33
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The Best Transportation for Small Business
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CAPTION: A woman is pulling a man on a two-wheeled cart daihachiguruma.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: To the right are two people walking with bicycles, another popular form of transportation at the time. One of the bicycles is pulling a daihachiguruma. The street car tracks and trolley wires lining the center of the road complete the picture of how Japanese moved around during the occupation. Although there seem to be a few cars in background of the photo, the lack of cars on such a wide road shows one of the major differences between the US and Japan at the time–automobiles would only become widespread in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Photo ID 34
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Ox Cart in the Middle of Tokyo
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CAPTION: An ox cart stops nearby the entrance of Shinbashi Subway Station in Tokyo. Today we cannot imagine an ox pulling a cart in the middle of Tokyo.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: The sign above the back of the ox reads “Chikatetsu Noriba Shinbashieki” (Subway Entrance Shinbashi Station). This is the Ginza line’s Shinbashi station as the Asakusa line was not open for another fifteen years. To the left of the subway entrance is a sign for a coffee/cocoa shop and also one for a tempura restaurant. Perhaps the man wearing the apron on the cart is unloading vegetables for the tempura. Today, most of the buildings on this street have probably been replaced by high-rises.
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Photo ID 35
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Musical Advertising Man
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CAPTION: A musical advertising man (chindonya-san) is advertising the film, Nodo Jimankyō Jidai, while a woman in kimono looks on curiously.
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ADDITIONAL INFO: Nodo Jimankyō Jidai, written on the flag that the chindonya-san has on his shoulder, was the name of a film originally released on March 28, 1949, but the poster on the store window gives November 11, (no year) as the showing date for the Kokusai Theater. In Japanese, “nodo jiman” literally means “proud of throat,” which figuratively means “good amateur singer,” and “jidai” means “period.” NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai or Japan Broadcasting Corporation) has broadcasted its amateur singing contest in the name of NHK Nodo Jiman since 1946; it was broadcasted via radio and later via both radio and TV. The film is a romantic comedy featuring Nodo Jiman contestants and neighbors. In this photo, posters for other films also hang on the windows of the corner shop, one of which is for Zane Grey’s Western Union, or Seibu Tamashi’i (Spirit in the West) in Japanese. This was also released in Japan in March of 1949.
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Permission to use the Pennino Collection
If photos are used for non-commercial educational purposes such as use of the photos in class lectures, students’ presentations, and academic conference presentations, no permission is necessary. Please credit the photos with the sentence: “From the Walter A. Pennino Postwar Japan Photo Collection, courtesy of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.” However if the photos are planned to be used in books, newspapers, documentaries, films, and other forms of media and print, the users must write to the Center for Japanese Studies to request permission. In the request, please explain the topic and the type of media/print.
Send inquiries or requests to:
Pennino Photo Collection
Center for Japanese Studies, Moore 216
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-2664
Fax: 808-956-2666
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