["Kyupisan" Kubota shimai : 2-12-44]

Maker Hoshida, George (1907 - 1985)

Date1944

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 number97.106.2EN

Description3 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 4.5 x 6 in., bottom left image 4.5 x 3.5 in., bottom right image 4.5 x 2.5 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of performances of "Kyupisan" by Kubota sisters and "Akagi no komoryta" or "Lullaby of Akagi," by Yoshiyuki Yoshikane, and a sketch of a boy at the anniversary of people from Hawaii at Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas on February 12, 1944. Sketches are divided by blue line borders.
Top sketch of two girls, Kubota sisters, dressed in short gingham dresses with bow in back standing in profile facing a man seated at what appears to be a piano. The man sits on stool with his back to viewer. Both girls have short bobbed hair, the sister on right stands with her arms outstretched.
Bottom left sketch of a man, Yoshiyuki Yoshikane, singing a ryukoka, Japanese popular song, "Lullaby of Akagi." Yoshikane stands in profile facing right as he holds microphone stand in his proper right hand.
Bottom right sketch of a boy facing viewer. He stands with arms at side looking to the right of viewer.
Drawing 97.106.2EM on recto of same sheet.