[Akira Mutō and Counsel Tokisaburo Shionara speaking through screen]

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Identifier2020-03-04_image_052SourceThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection (2020-03-04), Folder 1CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDescriptionPhotograph 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."Creation Date1946-12-20SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945War crimes trialsInternational Military Tribunal for the Far EastInternational courtsTokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948LawyersMutō, Akira, 1892-1948Shionara, TokisaburoPlaceTokyo (Japan)JapanOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Robert F. Hardin World War II Japanese War Trials Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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