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[Southern California Judo Championship division winners at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1958]
[Southern California Judo Championship division winners at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1958]
[Southern California Judo Championship division winners at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1958]

[Southern California Judo Championship division winners at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1958]

Maker
Maker
Date1958
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.604
Description2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, February 17 and 18, 1958.;Division winners of the Southern California Judo Championship held at Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1958. Men in white Judo gi tied with knotted belts stand with trophies at edge of mat in front of folding chairs, including one Caucasian man. Division winners included, yonen: George Jehl; shonen: Hayward Nishioka; seinen (130 lbs.): Sumikichi Nosaki; seinen (150 lbs.): Masayuki Yoshioka; seinen (180 lbs.): Henry Iriye, godan; and seinen (unlimited): Larry Kobayashi. Iriye was grand champion and holds two trophies in print 1.

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