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[Imamoto Zemichi, 52 sai]
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1945
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 6 in, W: 9.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2CU
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 3.875 x 3.125 x in., right image 4 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Zemichi Imamoto and Shoyo Kadota, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico. Both drawings have pencil line borders.
Left portrait of Zemichi Imamoto, 52 year-old school teacher at Norwalk Gakuen in California, originally from Yamaguchi, Japan. Imamoto faces the viewer in a dark three-piece suit with a diamond patterned tie. He gazes a viewer through hexagonal rimmed glasses. He has a mustache. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Shoyo Kadota, 37 year-old Portland, Oregon resident, originally from Okayama, Japan. Kadota is turned to the left with head slightly inclined. He is dressed in a dark jacket over a button-down shirt. His full hair is parted on the proper left above his narrow face. Visible from shoulders up.
Left portrait of Zemichi Imamoto, 52 year-old school teacher at Norwalk Gakuen in California, originally from Yamaguchi, Japan. Imamoto faces the viewer in a dark three-piece suit with a diamond patterned tie. He gazes a viewer through hexagonal rimmed glasses. He has a mustache. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Shoyo Kadota, 37 year-old Portland, Oregon resident, originally from Okayama, Japan. Kadota is turned to the left with head slightly inclined. He is dressed in a dark jacket over a button-down shirt. His full hair is parted on the proper left above his narrow face. Visible from shoulders up.