New gateway to shrine of Japanese war dead; This 25 meter high Torii (Gate) of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, has replaced the 30 year old wooden gate at the entrance to the shrine dedicated to millions of Japanese combattants killed during the fighting in World War II. Japanese ex service men collected 80 million yen, (~110,000) to pay for all weather steel gate which weighs 100 tons, and it is the tallest Torri in Japan. The Shrine contains bones, hair and fingernails of them men collected from the battlefields, and jungles where they fought, and each year more relics are found by search parties sent out by the government to remote Pacific Islands.
Photo measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
Photo is dated 10-10-1974.
This item is an original collectible vintage print from a news archive, not a digital download or reproduction. Please see our FAQ for more information.
Photo back:
