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[Yamamoto Fujitaro, 10-1-42]
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 number97.106.2CS
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 4 x 2.75 in., right image 4 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Fujitaro Yamamoto and Minoru Murata, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico on October 1, 1943. Both have black line borders drawn over pencil.
Left portrait of Fujitaro Yamamoto, 58 year-old originally from Koji, Japan. Yamamoto faces the viewer dressed in a jacket with frog closures and a mandarin collar open at neck. His hair is closely cropped around his round face. He has a mustache and lined forehead. He looks to left of the viewer. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Minoru Murata, 60 year-old of Tucson, Arizona originally from Yamaguchi, Japan. Murata faces the viewer dressed in a jacket with frog closures and a mandarin collar open at neck. His hair is closely cropped above a high forehead. He has a small mustache above pursed lips and lined forehead. Visible from chest up.
Left portrait of Fujitaro Yamamoto, 58 year-old originally from Koji, Japan. Yamamoto faces the viewer dressed in a jacket with frog closures and a mandarin collar open at neck. His hair is closely cropped around his round face. He has a mustache and lined forehead. He looks to left of the viewer. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Minoru Murata, 60 year-old of Tucson, Arizona originally from Yamaguchi, Japan. Murata faces the viewer dressed in a jacket with frog closures and a mandarin collar open at neck. His hair is closely cropped above a high forehead. He has a small mustache above pursed lips and lined forehead. Visible from chest up.