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[Man wiping another man's sword in Kabuki play, Rohwer, Arkansas]
Maker
Muramoto, Walter
Date1942-1945
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 7.125 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.4T
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Two men in Japanese costume stand and kneel on stage as one wipes the sword of the other during a Kabuki performance at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, 1942-1945. Dressed in geometric-patterned kimono, man at L kneels holding of sword blade in a white cloth between his raised hands. Man in gray kimono and ronin wig at R stands with proper L arm extending out and proper R hand holding out sword toward other man. Tree in background C in front of Mount Fuji backdrop; tatami room, R. Same men in 97.292.4Q.
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
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