[Akira Mutō and Counsel Tokisaburo Shionara speaking through screen]

Photograph of Akira Mutō (right) and Counsel Tokisaburo Shionara (left) speaking through a screen as Private Harold Pickett stands guard, War Ministry building in Tokyo, Japan, December 20, 1946. The image was taken during the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

Caption on verso: "WPA-46-69727. 20 Dec 46. Attorney and alleged war criminal confer thru precautionary screen: During the noon-recess at the war crimes trials in the War Ministry Bldg., Tokyo, Japan the defendant Moto [Mutō] confers with Counsel Tokisaburo Shionara, through the double screen istalled [installed] in the interviewing room, Pvt. Harold Pickett, Haldenville, Oklahoma, IMTFE MP Det., stands guard. Photographer - Wegner."

Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army."