The Kofukuji Temple pagoda at Nara, Japan.

The Kofukuji Temple pagoda at Nara, Japan. This is the second tallest pagoda in Japan, was completed in 730 and rebuilt in 1426. The photographer is the Third officer of the Overseas Tankship tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945) and is on a Sunday run ashore, at the expense of the Japanese, with the Chief Officer Mr Breese while their ship is under repair in dry dock at Osaka. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P50029
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: 21 August 1955
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 68 mm x 46 mm