title: Kōyō Ishikawa
text: # Kōyō Ishikawa
  
  Kōyō Ishikawa (石川 光陽, Ishikawa Kōyō, July 5, 1904 – December 26, 1989) was a Japanese photographer.
  
  As an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, he was virtually the only person who pictured the immediate damages by the bombings of Tokyo in World War II under a strict regulation that prohibited civilians from taking pictures of war damages.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Evacuees in the bombing
  * Rescue workers after the bombing
  * Victims of the bombing
  * City in ruins after the bombing
  * Bodies floating in the Sumida River
  * Salvage operation in Honjo
  * Street view of Asakusa
  * Bodies in Ueno Park
  * Waseda University after the bombing
  