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12-31-42
12-31-42
12-31-42

12-31-42

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1943
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1CT
Description3 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink drawings of men pounding for the New Year on December 31, 1942.
Top image of two men pounding mochi in a mortar with kine, or pestles while another man depicted with only his head watches ; Okada stands on left pounding while Koide stands with back to viewer lifting kine above his right shoulder.
Middle left sketch of a man with a mustache, Nakano, swinging kine over his proper right shoulder.
Bottom image of a man, Imamura, leaning over an usu, or mortar, turning mochi over as another man, Yonezaki, stands to the right lifting kine over his right shoulder ; both men are viewed from the back ; a table with a bowl is located nest to Imamura on the left.
Drawing 97.106.1CS on recto of same sheet.

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