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12-31-43 Mochi tsuki
12-31-43 Mochi tsuki
12-31-43 Mochi tsuki

12-31-43 Mochi tsuki

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1943
Mediumink, paper, tape
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2ER
Description2 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 4.75 x 6 in., bottom image 4.75 x 6 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of four men pounding mochi and four women forming mochi at Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas on December 31, 1943.
Top sketch depicts two pairs of men pounding mochi in two separate usu, or mortar. On the left, a man pounds the mochi in the mortar with a kine, or pestle, while another man leans over mortar. On the right, a man, Mr. Sugita, raises a kine over his head as other man turns the mochi in the usu.
Bottom rough sketch of four women bending over a table as they form mochi into balls.
Drawing 97.106.2EQ on recto of same sheet.

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