Watching "Go" game

Maker Hoshida, George (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 number97.106.1DK

Description7 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; 9.5 x in.;Ink sketches of individual portraits of men watching a Go game and a man performing utai.
Top left sketch is a full-length view of two men standing with backs to viewer ; man on left wearing striped clothing is Yamakawa.
Top right sketch of a man, Ando, seated on his knees in profile facing left as he chants from a text on stand in front of him.
Middle left sketch of a smoking man, Nakatsu, in profile facing right as he watches a Go game.
Middle center sketch of a man, Tasuhara, from the collar up, facing left and wearing glasses as he watches a Go game.
Middle right sketch is a portrait of a man, Arita, from the chest up as he watches a Go game ; shoulders are shaded.
Bottom left sketch of the back of a man's head and shoulders as he watches a Go game ; identified as Kagawa,
Bottom right sketch of the back of a man, Ikeda, leaning his left hand on his thigh as he watches a Go game ; he wears glasses.
Drawing 97.106.1DL on verso of same sheet.