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[Tanabe Sanojo, 60, 10-8-42]
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 number97.106.2AU
Description2 drawings on paper, lined and laminated : ink ; left image 4 x 3 in., right image 4 x 3 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Tamasaku Watanabe and Sanojo Tanabe, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camps, New Mexico. Both drawings have black line border.
Left portrait of Tamasaku Watanabe, 59 year-old Christian pastor in Olaa, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Watanabe has a small mustache and hair closely cropped on sides. He wears a sweater over a button-down shirt and looks to the right over viewer. Visible from the shoulders up.
Right portrait of Sanojo Tanabe, 60-year-old teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Dressed in a dark button-down shirt, Tanabe is turned three-quarters view, looking left. He has a small mustache and is balding.
Left portrait of Tamasaku Watanabe, 59 year-old Christian pastor in Olaa, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Watanabe has a small mustache and hair closely cropped on sides. He wears a sweater over a button-down shirt and looks to the right over viewer. Visible from the shoulders up.
Right portrait of Sanojo Tanabe, 60-year-old teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Dressed in a dark button-down shirt, Tanabe is turned three-quarters view, looking left. He has a small mustache and is balding.