Smithsonian Report, 1952. — Walker 



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New Culture on Ruins of the Old 



Upper: The administration building of the postwar-established University of the Ryukyus, 

 built on the site of the throne room of ancient Shuri Castle, the war-destroyed famous 

 reminder of the early independent Okinawan kings. Photograph by Harold Coolidge. 



Lower: The approach to an ancient shrine on this hill in Naha overlooking the sea is all that 

 survived the war. 



