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[Young man in court attire with fan and bells in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Young man in court attire with fan and bells in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Young man in court attire with fan and bells in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]

[Young man in court attire with fan and bells in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 7 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4AC
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Young man in Japanese court costume holds an open fan and bells C stage during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944. Dressed in elaborate kimono, hakama, hat and makeup, the actor kneels with fan in front of face while holding up a cluster of bells above head. Small wooden stool in front of a fabric-draped enclosure and fusuma screens of pine and stylized clouds in background.

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