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[Three Buddhist priests at front of large crowd, Rohwer, Arkansas, September 30, 1944]
[Three Buddhist priests at front of large crowd, Rohwer, Arkansas, September 30, 1944]
[Three Buddhist priests at front of large crowd, Rohwer, Arkansas, September 30, 1944]

[Three Buddhist priests at front of large crowd, Rohwer, Arkansas, September 30, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 6.875 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.5H
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Three Buddhist priests stand at the front of large crowd gathered outdoors for a funeral ceremony at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, September 30, 1944. Three men wear elaborately patterned kesa over their kimono or koromo. A woman holding a infant in her arms stands just to the right of them. Two Caucasian men stand at far R. Open area with small tufts of grass in foreground. Crowd looks toward R edge. Utility poles in background.
Copyright JANM
1942-1945

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