JAPANESE CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES Part 3

Description

MS MC Showing a very elaborate granite monument which was erected by the Japanese in honor of and American flyer whi= ose body was washed ashore at Chisato, near the village of Ueno and about ten miles from the town of Tsu. The body was washed ashore on June 23, 1945 and buried under the monument which was erected to honor him by a Mr. Kakuzo Ogawa and Mr. Iichiro Machida. Both are shown standing alongside the granite shaft which reads "HERE LIES AN AMERICAN SOLDIER". Note: Body of the pilot has already been removed by the USA Grave Registration Team which arrived there a few days prior to the taking of these pictures. Several shots of boats on the water, couples rowing on the water. Rafts that are highly decorated puttin out from shore. A decorated raft by the shore while Japanese women going through part of a ceremony. Pan L to R of the decorated rafts lined up at the shore. Several more shots of he activities aboard these rafts. People going by camera position in row boats. Boats rowing up to the decorated rafts. A series of shots showing children assembling in park prior to water ceremonies. The Boating Ceremony of Saga Kyoto. It takes place on the 14th of May, the day previous to the AOI Matsuri festival of the Kamo Shrine. In the afternoon, a colorful procession with sacred palanquin in the middle marches from Kurumazaki Shrine to Arashiyama, touching at the Togetsu-Kyo bridge from which children throw a five color fan in to the waters of the river Oi, and the procession embarks on the boats from one end of an island in the river. The Goza-fume, a sacred boat, becomes the center of the ceremony, followed by dance and music and other boats, numbering more than 50 and making and ancient picture scroll.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities