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Title: They pray to the ancient gods.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: THEY PRAY TO THE ANCIENT GODS 1379 TOKYO -- Two Japanese women bow their heads in prayer before a Buddhist roadside shrine near here. This is a shrine to the Immovable Gods. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Buddhist shrines--Japan--Tokyo (Fu), Buddhism--Japan., Worship (Buddhism), Women--Japan--Tokyo (Fu)
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo (Fu), Japan., Japan, Tokyo (Fu), Tokyo (Japan : Fu), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1379; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1379
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356981

Title: Mrs. Tamaki Uemura.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-1414 9. Mrs. Tamaki Uemura, one of Tokyo’s best pastors. Hers is the Kashiwagi Church of Yodobashi ward. She is the daughter of Masahisa Uemura, the nestor of Japanese Presbyterianism. Trained at Wellesley and Edinburgh, she is head of the women’s section of the United Church of Christ in Japan.
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Uemura, Tamaki, 1890-1982., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan.
Topical Subject(s): Women in church work--Japan--Tokyo., Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Women clergy--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Yodobashi-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Yodobashi
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1414; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1414
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357273

Title: Heads United Church of Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: HEADS UNITED CHURCH OF JAPAN S-1393 TOKYO -- The Rev. Mitsuru Tomita is head of the United Church of Christ in Japan. He is expected to resign after the Church’s first general meeting in March. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Tomita, Mitsuru., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1393; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-1393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357024

Title: Congregationalist in Japanese church post.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CONGREGATIONALIST IN JAPANESE CHURCH POST 1383 TOKYO -- A former Congregationalist pastor in Yokohama, the Rev. Tokuso Hiraga now heads the general affairs department of the United Church of Christ in Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Hiraga, Tokuso., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Congregationalists--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1383; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1383
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356985

Title: Japanese Sunday school official.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICIAL 1387 TOKYO -- The Rev. Isamu Chiba is secretary of the Board of Sunday Schools of the United Church of Christ in Japan. A Baptist, he is standing in front of the building which houses the offices of the United Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-JAP-MS-125-OB)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Chiba, Isamu., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Sunday school superintendents--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1387; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1387
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356988

Title: To head Catholic relief in Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TO HEAD CATHOLIC RELIEF IN JAPAN #c-3246 MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- The Rev. Michael J. McKillop of Brooklyn, N.Y., will represent the Catholic hierarchy on the temporary mission to Japan of the American Council of Volunteer Services [sic] for Foreign Service. Father McKillop was stationed in a Maryknoll mission in Japan before the war and since repatriation has been rector of the Maryknoll College at Los Altos, Cal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-MES-4-B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., McKillop, Michael J., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan., American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--California--Los Altos., Returned missionaries--Japan., Missions--Japan., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: California, Los Altos., Japan., Japan., Japan., Japan., Asia--Japan
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3246; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3246
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359107

Title: Surveying the ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SURVEYING THE RUINS #1589 YOKOHAMA -- The Rev. Nobuo Tokita, Baptist pastor, and Pfc Gale Orr, assistant to a U.S. Army chaplain, inspect the ruins of what once was the Kasumigaoka Baptist Church, house of worship here for Mabie College. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings., Tokita, Nobuo., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Orr, Gale., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Clergy--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Soldiers--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Japan, Yokohama-shi., Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan), Asia--Japan--Kanagawa Prefecture--Yokohama
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1589; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1589
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357364

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