April 10, 1946 · Gelatin silver photograph
Voters at the Yotsuya Ward Office in Japan’s First Postwar General Election
U.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknown
Why it matters
The photograph was made to document occupation reform, but the ballot box and queue also return agency to the Japanese women and men performing democratic citizenship.
- Publication
- U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
- Holding institution
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration; digital copy via Showa-kan
- Shelfmark
- RG 111, SC 235850, Box 377; Showa-kan S1H2801103848
Citation
U.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknown. Japanese voters at the Yotsuya Ward office, Tokyo, during the first postwar general election. April 10, 1946. RG 111, SC 235850, Box 377. U.S. National Archives; digital copy, Showa-kan S1H2801103848.
