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[Porters talking to another commoner in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
Maker
Muramoto, Walter
Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 7 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4L
DescriptionBlurred image of three children dressed in Japanese costume as two porters talking to another commoner at work during Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944. Both porters stand upstage holding wooden staves and wear leggings, sandals, loincloths, haragake (apron), obi, happi coats, tesashi (elbow-length arm protector), and wigs. Dressed in dark kimono, obi, leggings and large wig, the commoner kneels downstage in front of the prow of a boat holding a wooden paddle in proper right hand next to an angled board as he talks to porters over his shoulder. Footlight and microphone in foreground. Roofed structure behind porters.
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
Muramoto, Walter
1944