Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Local people walking in a street on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Street scene on Itsukushima (Paradise Island)."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Handwritten on the reverse "One of the many walks on Itsukushima (Paradise Island) near Bhuddist [sic] shrine. April 1946."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Cherry blossoms in a village on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Looking towards the mainland from Itsukushima (Paradise Island) | Torii (or sign of Jap.[anese] Shrine) in centre | April 1946."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Local people standing in front of a shrine on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Steps leading up to Bhuddists [sic] shrine Itsukushima (Paradise Island)."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Cherry blossoms in a village on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Cherry blossom on Itsukushima (Paradise Island) April 1946."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Cherry blossoms in a village on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Itsukushima (Paradise Island) Japan | April 1946."

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection. Cherry blossoms in a village on Itsukushima Island, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse "Japan at its loveliest! Itsukushima (Paradise Island) April 1946."

Image from the Robert Redvers Pearson personal collection. "Taken in Japan April 1946 Paradise Island." Three No. 14 Squadron personnel at the Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, near Hiroshima. Sergeant RR Pearson (middle).