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Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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Original – Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu.

Alt 1 Restored version by Adam Cuerden

Reason

High quality with an encyclopedic value

Articles in which this image appears

1945, Surrender of Japan, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Richard K. Sutherland, Toshikazu Kase

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Stephen E. Korpanty

• Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 11:15, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Widely known photo. What's new about it? – Sca (talk) 12:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Good EV, but the photo needs restoration before it meets the FP criteria. The composition is also not great, but that's true of most of the photos of this ceremony. Nick-D (talk) 23:21, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
  • I guess I'll get it. Way easier than my current project. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 15:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
    • Found the original TIFF - the JPEG is a very low-quality one - and started restoring. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 03:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
• @Nick-D, Sca, and TheFreeWorld: I've done a full restoration. See what you think! Also, I Support Alt 1 Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 07:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
  • Support restored version, oppose original (t · c) buidhe 17:52, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
• Support alt 1. MER-C 18:39, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
• Support alt 1. Strong EV and a competently executed photo. As noted above, there don't seem to be any good photos of this historic ceremony, possibly due to the location where it took place (the deck of an operational battleship cramped with large numbers of VIPs and sailors). Nick-D (talk) 00:05, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
• Support alt 1. --Gnosis (talk) 03:42, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)