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Striking for peace: Rev. Orai Fujikawa strikes a Buddhist gong 36 times - once for every year the world has survived since the first atomic bombs were dropped
Striking for peace: Rev. Orai Fujikawa strikes a Buddhist gong 36 times - once for every year the world has survived since the first atomic bombs were dropped

Striking for peace: Rev. Orai Fujikawa strikes a Buddhist gong 36 times - once for every year the world has survived since the first atomic bombs were dropped

Date8/6/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Striking for peace: Rev. Orai Fujikawa strikes a Buddhist gong 36 times - once for every year the world has survived since the first atomic bombs were dropped.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021818F
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