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[Man smoking pipe in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Man smoking pipe in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Man smoking pipe in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]

[Man smoking pipe 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 number97.292.4AA
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Young man in Japanese costume and make up sits on stage with pipe during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944. Dressed in a dark striped kimono, black tabi, wig, and make up, male actor crosses his proper L leg over his R while holding a pipe in proper R hand. Small basket next to man on stage. Noren with two vertical slits covers doorway in background, L, and altar in background R. Microphone in foreground R. Footlights at L and R egde foreground.

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