Kōyō Ishikawa

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

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  Evacuees in the bombing

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  Victims of the bombing

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  City in ruins after the bombing

References

1. (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.