Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952;Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (Kamakura-shi, Japan)

Scope and Contents Crowd viewing bird drawing out written fortunes, or "omikujihiki," outside entrance to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The crowd of people, including "Son" Coleman (foreground) and a bearded, turbaned soldier from Bombay, India, around an old Japanese woman telling the fortunes with birds at the entrance to the grounds of the Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura. The small, trained birds go into an inner cage and bring out a slip of paper...

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Allied troops standing beside the entrance to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The main entrance of the principal building of the Hachiman shrine in Kamakura."

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Open pavilion at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One of the open-walled buildings or roofed shelters on the grounds of the Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, God of War, in Kamakura, Japan."

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The stage, also known as the Maiden, below the steps of the main building at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangū shrine. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One of the buildings of the Shinto shrine to Hachiman at Kamakura. This sits before the main building and at a lower elevation along the way in from the main gate."