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Jido buyo "Nanatsu no ko"
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1943-1944
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 number97.106.2EH
Description3 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 5.75 x 6 in., bottom left image 4.75 x 3.75 in., bottom right image 4.875 x 2.25 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of a performance of a famous Japanese children's song, "Nanatsu no ko" by three girls, a performance of a pop song, "Boku wa shonenhei," by a man, Akira Okamura, and a portrait of a man at a talent show. Sketches divided by blue line borders.
Top sketch depicting three girls, Sayoko Nakano, Mistuko Hoshida and [?] Kano, singing "Nanatsu no ko." The girls stand on stage facing the viewer with arms raised in front of them, palms inward with fingertips touching. They are dressed in short skirts and bows in their hair. A little girl sits next to the stage on the right.
Bottom left sketch of a man, Akira Okamura, standing in profile facing right singing a ryokoka, or Japanese pop song, "Boku wa shonenhei" about being a freshman soldier. Okamura holds his hands out in front of him toward the microphone at right.
Bottom right portrait sketch of a man from shoulders up. His head is inclined tot he proper left.
Drawing 97.106.2EG on recto of same sheet.
Top sketch depicting three girls, Sayoko Nakano, Mistuko Hoshida and [?] Kano, singing "Nanatsu no ko." The girls stand on stage facing the viewer with arms raised in front of them, palms inward with fingertips touching. They are dressed in short skirts and bows in their hair. A little girl sits next to the stage on the right.
Bottom left sketch of a man, Akira Okamura, standing in profile facing right singing a ryokoka, or Japanese pop song, "Boku wa shonenhei" about being a freshman soldier. Okamura holds his hands out in front of him toward the microphone at right.
Bottom right portrait sketch of a man from shoulders up. His head is inclined tot he proper left.
Drawing 97.106.2EG on recto of same sheet.