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[Seki Shosaburo, 65 sai, 10-10-42]
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1942
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 6 in, W: 9.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2CI
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 3.875 x 3 in., right image 3.875 x 3 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Shosaburo Seki and Keiichi Hinokawa, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico on October 10, 1942. Both have pencil line borders.
Left portrait of Shosaburo Seki, 65 year-old merchant on Maui, Hawaii, originally from Niigata, Japan. Seki is turned slightly to the left and looks thorough glasses to left of viewer. He has a lined and jowled face. His hair is short and combed forward. His shoulders are bowed in a dark button-down shirt buttoned at top.
Right portrait of Keiichi Hinokawa, 53 year-old carpenter of Kohala, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Hinokawa is turned slightly to the left and looks to left of viewer. He is clean shaven and has a lined forehead below short hair. He wears a dark button-down shirt with pockets and buttoned at top.
Left portrait of Shosaburo Seki, 65 year-old merchant on Maui, Hawaii, originally from Niigata, Japan. Seki is turned slightly to the left and looks thorough glasses to left of viewer. He has a lined and jowled face. His hair is short and combed forward. His shoulders are bowed in a dark button-down shirt buttoned at top.
Right portrait of Keiichi Hinokawa, 53 year-old carpenter of Kohala, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Hinokawa is turned slightly to the left and looks to left of viewer. He is clean shaven and has a lined forehead below short hair. He wears a dark button-down shirt with pockets and buttoned at top.