US EditionMan Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History
- A family found a stash of looted Japanese artifacts in their late father's Massachusetts attic, including scrolls, pottery, and a map of Okinawa, sparking research on their origin.
- The FBI returned the artifacts to Okinawa, signaling an important symbolic event for the nation's cultural identity, with ongoing efforts to locate and return missing items.
- The artifacts, including painted scrolls depicting Okinawan royalty, are being conserved for public display starting in April, with mystery shrouding how the veteran acquired them.
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Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History
Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a very large collection of very valuable Asian art. The FBI Art Crimes Unit from the Boston Field Office received a complaint in January 2023 from the family, saying that the grandfather […] The post Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to…
FBI recovers, returns 22 Japanese artifacts looted after Battle of Okinawa
The artifacts, which include some pieces dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, were discovered last year by a Massachusetts family going through their late father’s personal effects.
FBI Finds Looted Relics Taken From Japan at End of World War II
A number of historic Japanese artifacts allegedly looted from Okinawa Island in the dying days of World War II (WWII) have been returned home to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered 22 items in their late father’s attic. In a March 15 report, the FBI revealed the artifacts were missing for nearly 80 years until the FBI Boston Field Office received a message from a Massachusetts family who found what they described as “valuable Asia…
Stolen cultural treasures from Japan found in Massachusetts attic
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced the recovery of 22 cultural treasures from Okinawa, Japan, which were discovered in an attic in Massachusetts, United States. In January 2023, Special Agent Geoffrey J. Kelly from the FBI Boston Field Office was notified of a cache of Asian art discovered in a private residence. The residence had belonged to a deceased WW2 veteran, whose family stumbled upon the treasures while sorting thr…
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