Skip to main content
Collections Menu
[Four men at Fuji Bank of Japan cocktail party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1969]
[Four men at Fuji Bank of Japan cocktail party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1969]
[Four men at Fuji Bank of Japan cocktail party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1969]

[Four men at Fuji Bank of Japan cocktail party at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1969]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1969
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1049
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, January 31, 1969.;Consul General of Japan Kanji Takasugi shakes hands with Mr. Yoshizane Iwasa, President and Board chairman of Fuji Bank of Japan, as two Los Angeles staff members look on at a cocktail party held at the Music Room at the Biltmore Hotel on the occasion of the opening of the bank's representative office in Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1969. Takasugi in suit and eyeglasses stands at far left shaking hands with Iwasa who wears eyeglasses and a suit with name tag and carnation boutonnierre. A younger man, Isao Kohata, stands between them in a dark suit and striped necktie, name tag and boutonniere. Another man, Chief Los Angeles representative Yutaka Kajiura, in suit with name tag, "Mr. Y. Kajiura", and carnation boutonniere stands at far right.

Support the understanding and appreciation of the Japanese American experience.

Become a MemberMake a Gift