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[Three warriors fighting in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Three warriors fighting in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]
[Three warriors fighting in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]

[Three warriors fighting in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 6.9375 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4AB
DescriptionThree warriors in Japanese costume fight with sword and pike during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 21, 1944. All young men wear elaborate armor over kimono and hakama and wigs. Small figure at L stands with proper L leg on step as he points pike at taller man at R who holds a sword before him as he stands with proper R leg on step. Warrior in C stands on raised platform with proper L arm extended out and other arm crossed in front. Microphone in BR foreground.;1 photographic print : b&w

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