American planes in formation over a Shinto shrine <i>torii</i> gate in Japan
date: label: Date made
content: 1949
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: When the American occupation began in 1945, the goal was to attempt to transplant Western democracy to Japan. The Americans would occupy the country; Japan would be monitored, demilitarized, and rehabilitated. Carl Mydans, having been named TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo, had a prime viewing spot for the changes that were taking place in the Pacific.
label: Description
content: When the Korean War broke out nearly five years after the end of World War II, Japan's importance as a military base became clear. In this image, ancient and modern Japan stand in contrast: American jet fighter planes fly over a <i>torii</i>, the gateway to a Shinto shrine, as they return after a reconnaissance mission over the Pacific to an airbase on the island of Honshu.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Life Magazine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.082
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm