Skip to main content
New Year's mochi
Maker
Hisako Hibi
(Japanese American, 1907 - 1991)
Date1939-1949
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 17.25 in, W: 21.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Ibuki Hibi Lee
Object number99.63.2
DescriptionUnstretched;Still-life of New Year's kagami mochi topped by tangerine in upper right corner on cloth backdrop. Cylinder-like object stands to the left of the mochi. Below cylindrical object are 2 pieces of fruit, 1 pomegranate on left and 1 orange on the right. Red cloth draped near center with 2 apple as at bottom. Upper left corner is a quick pencil sketch of buildings and people Signed in lower left corner: Hisako Hibi Jan. 1943.
![[Mochi-making on New Year's Day, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]](/internal/media/dispatcher/746/thumbnail)
![[Letter to Clara Breed from Louise Ogawa, Poston, Arizona, January 6, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1187/thumbnail)
1924-1934
![["1958 Miss Spirit of the New Year" at annual Nisei Veterans Association New Years eve dance at Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, December 31, 1957]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8204/thumbnail)
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto