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[Buddhist priest with group of young men and women, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 26, 1944]
[Buddhist priest with group of young men and women, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 26, 1944]
[Buddhist priest with group of young men and women, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 26, 1944]

[Buddhist priest with group of young men and women, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 26, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 5 in, W: 7.125 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.13Z
DescriptionPortrait of a Buddhist priest standing amongst thirteen young men and women indoors at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, November 26, 1944. Smiling priest stands in center in dark robe and sash over suit and necktie. He is flanked by nine women and four men holding juzu bead rosaries. Man at far right holds a tall metal microphone stand with his proper left hand. Wooden vertical box in background center behind priest; wooden stand holding twelve lit candles in background left. Sunlight on ground through windows, bottom right.;1 photographic print : b&w
[Honganji Rennyo Gazo]
Jimu Shaku
1900-1960
Copyright JANM
Jimu Shaku
1900-1960

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