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[Blind musican and companion sitting in front of flowers in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arakansas, Novermber 12, 1944]
[Blind musican and companion sitting in front of flowers in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arakansas, Novermber 12, 1944]
[Blind musican and companion sitting in front of flowers in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arakansas, Novermber 12, 1944]

[Blind musican and companion sitting in front of flowers in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arakansas, Novermber 12, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 7.125 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4N
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Slightly blurred image of two girls in Japanese costume as a blind musician and companion sitting in front of flowers during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 21, 1944. The young companion in floral patterned kimono and wig covered by headcloth sits at L raising her proper left hand, palm outward, to her head. The blind musician sits at right with eyes closed in a dark kimono and white headcloth over wig. Flowers and plants in background. Onstage at CR is a wooden fence.

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