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Son praises 'real heroes' who saved father in 'The Pianist'

FUKUOKA, Japan - Christopher Szpilman speaks in Japanese to a gathering of students at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka, on June 3. Of his father Wladyslaw, a Polish Jew and concert pianist, portrayed as the protagonist in the film ''The Pianist,'' Christopher said that ''the real heroes'' were the German military officer who saved him and the many Polish people who gave him refuge.

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Japanese university academics meet to protest security bills

Professors and other academics at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, hold a meeting on July 16, 2015, to protest against the House of Representatives' passage of controversial national security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role in international activities. About 50 academics, nearly a quarter of the university's teaching staff, signed a statement criticizing the bills, which they said would pave the way for creating "a nation that can wage war." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suizenji Park

This is the well known Suizenji Jojuen Park in Kumamoto. The photograph was taken from the site of the former Suigetsu-tei. Suigetsu-tei was destroyed by fire in 1877 during the Seinan War, and the site is occupied today by Kokondenju-no-ma. Women with parasols stand on the stepping stones. This is probably a staged photograph sold as a souvenir.==Date:1904, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐4‐0]

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A picture of Kumamoto Castle

This is a bird's eye view of the honmaru (principal compound) of Kumamoto Castle, entitled Real View of Kumamoto Castle. A description is written in the upper right-hand corner. The castle burned down in 1877, just before the Seinan War, and many illustrations of this sort were made in memory of the old castle. The picture depicts the big and small donjons in the centre, the compounds to the right and left and on the lower levels, and the guard towers. The original plate is kept at Tomishige Photograph Studio, which has been in business since the early Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐51‐0]

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A monument of a soldier at Mt. Ise

Monument erected to commemorate the victims of the 1877 Seinan War (Satsuma Rebellion). It was built at Iseyama Kodaijingu the year following the war. Iseyama Kodaijingu (Shinto shrine) was built after the relocation of a small shrine from Tobe-machi to Nogeyama in 1870. Nogeyama was renamed Iseyama after the construction of the new shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐3‐0]

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Yasukuni Shrine,Kudan

Shokonsha Shrine (Shrine to Invite Spirits) was built in 1869 as a dedication to the spirits of the samurai who died in the Boshin War. The soldiers who died in the Saga Rebellion and Taiwan Expedition of 1874 and the Seinan War of 1877 were also enshrined here. In 1879 the shrine was renamed Bekkaku Kanpeisha Yasukuni Shinto Shrine. The words bekkaku kanpeisha mean that the men enshrined here made special contributions to their country. Taken between 1887 and 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐73‐0]

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Son praises 'real heroes' who saved father in 'The Pianist'

FUKUOKA, Japan - Christopher Szpilman speaks in Japanese to a gathering of students at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka, on June 3. Of his father Wladyslaw, a Polish Jew and concert pianist, portrayed as the protagonist in the film ''The Pianist,'' Christopher said that ''the real heroes'' were the German military officer who saved him and the many Polish people who gave him refuge. (Kyodo)