Vice Admiral Ruritaro Fujita signing the surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong to the British

A black and white landscape photograph showing Vice Admiral Ruritaro Fujita signing the surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong to the British. Ruritaro Fujita, who has a shaved head and wears a light-coloured uniform, is seated behind a desk signing the instrument of surrender with a brush pen in his right hand. A naval hat, a stack of documents, an ink pad, another brush pen and two inkstones are visible on the desk. Keiji Makimura, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, stands immediately to his right, wearing a short-sleeved uniform top and holding a hat in his right hand. Major General Umekichi Okada stands to Makimura’s left, wearing round glasses, a dark-coloured uniform and a shaved head. Captain John Arthur Symons Eccles stands to Okada’s left, wearing a light-coloured uniform. Another military official is visible in the left foreground of the image. On the right of the image, about seven men can be seen documenting the scene with cameras and movie cameras. A crowd is visible behind them. Original caption (typed, beneath the photograph): ‘Hong Kong surrender signing.’

This photograph was taken in the Hong Kong Government House on 16 September 1945.