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New year at Lordsburg I.C., Jan. 1, 1943 6 AM
New year at Lordsburg I.C., Jan. 1, 1943 6 AM
New year at Lordsburg I.C., Jan. 1, 1943 6 AM

New year at Lordsburg I.C., Jan. 1, 1943 6 AM

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1943
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1FI
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 5.25 x 6 in., bottom image 4.25 x 6 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of first day of New Year 1943 at Lordsburg Internment Camp, and a miniture of Atsuta Jinsha shrine outside in Barracks 8 grounds.
Top sketch of four men standing before a Shinto altar with a taiko drum on left and lion dance costume on right in barracks. Folded paper hang along curtain above altar and stand in bunches on altar. Table in foreground.
Bottom sketch of torii leading up to shrine on rocks ; banners in ground. Yucca tree on left. Fences and guard tower in background.
Drawing 97.106.1FJ on verso of same sheet.

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