Products of traditional Japanese dyehouse

Products of traditional Japanese dyehouse

TOKYO, Japan - A range of products using Futaba Inc.'s dyed fabrics are displayed in a shop adjacent to its workshop in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 28, 2011. (Clockwise from L) The products are a clock, a mirror, a lampshade, chopstick holders, sandals and accessories.

Crane sculpture symbolizes victims of radiation, violence

Crane sculpture symbolizes victims of radiation, violence

WASHINGTON, United States - This 2-meter-high sculpture of a crane symbolizing the victims of radiation, militarism and violence was unveiled Aug. 8 at the Josephine Butler Community Center in Washington to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The ''Peace Crane'' is made with objects that are taken for granted, including electric cord, a lampshade, chicken wire and wooden spoons, just like the people who were taken for granted when the bomb was dropped, according to the work's creator, Marjorie Kouns.

Products of traditional Japanese dyehouse

Products of traditional Japanese dyehouse

TOKYO, Japan - A range of products using Futaba Inc.'s dyed fabrics are displayed in a shop adjacent to its workshop in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 28, 2011. (Clockwise from L) The products are a clock, a mirror, a lampshade, chopstick holders, sandals and accessories. (Kyodo)

Traditional Japanese dyehouse

Traditional Japanese dyehouse

TOKYO, Japan - Motobumi Kobayashi, president of Futaba Inc., a nearly century-old Japanese dyehouse, holds a lampshade, made partly of fabric dyed using its time-honored method, at his workshop in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

Crane sculpture symbolizes victims of radiation, violence

Crane sculpture symbolizes victims of radiation, violence

WASHINGTON, United States - This 2-meter-high sculpture of a crane symbolizing the victims of radiation, militarism and violence was unveiled Aug. 8 at the Josephine Butler Community Center in Washington to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The ''Peace Crane'' is made with objects that are taken for granted, including electric cord, a lampshade, chicken wire and wooden spoons, just like the people who were taken for granted when the bomb was dropped, according to the work's creator, Marjorie Kouns.