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[Nishii Kosa, 41 sai, 8-5-42]
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 number97.106.2BS
Description2 drawings on paper, lined and laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 3.875 x 2.75 in., right image 3.875 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Kosa Nishii and Goro Mochizuki, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico on August 5, 1942. Both drawings have black line borders.
Left portrait of Kosa Nishii, 41-year-old missionary for the San Diego Buddhist church, originally from Kumamoto, Japan. Dressed in a dark button-down shirt, Nishii has a mustache and his hair is parted on proper left. Faces viewer and is visible from the shoulders up.
Right portrait of Goro Mochizuki, 39 year-old Judo and Kendo instructor of Portland, Oregon, originally from Shizuoka, Japan. Dressed in a button-down shirt and glasses, Mochizuki is turned slightly to left and looks tor left edge. He has a widow's peak and lines on forehead.
Left portrait of Kosa Nishii, 41-year-old missionary for the San Diego Buddhist church, originally from Kumamoto, Japan. Dressed in a dark button-down shirt, Nishii has a mustache and his hair is parted on proper left. Faces viewer and is visible from the shoulders up.
Right portrait of Goro Mochizuki, 39 year-old Judo and Kendo instructor of Portland, Oregon, originally from Shizuoka, Japan. Dressed in a button-down shirt and glasses, Mochizuki is turned slightly to left and looks tor left edge. He has a widow's peak and lines on forehead.