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[Woman stands next to grimacing samurai in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas]
[Woman stands next to grimacing samurai in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas]
[Woman stands next to grimacing samurai in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas]

[Woman stands next to grimacing samurai in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas]

Date1942-1945
DimensionsH: 7.125 in, W: 5 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4Z
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Woman stands with raised arms next to a grimacing samurai seated at her feet in Japanese costume during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, 1942-1945. Dressed in dark kimono with striped hakama and wig, man appears to bow as he grimaces at woman's feet. The woman wears a dark kimono with light colored bodice, gesturing with proper R hand raised and L held at an angle below the elbow. Teapot hangs from a tripod behind samurai near fence. Mount Fuji on backdrop behind torn screen in background. Heads of audience just visible in foreground.

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