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[Baido Kai at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, October 27, 1969]
[Baido Kai at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, October 27, 1969]
[Baido Kai at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, October 27, 1969]

[Baido Kai at Kawafuku restaurant, Los Angeles, California, October 27, 1969]

Maker (1895 - 1979)
Date1969
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1096
Description1 photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, October 28, 1969.;Baido Kai party with guests from Japan to celebrate five students passing exam at Kawafuku restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, October 27, 1969. Garakunoto Nakajima, a white-haired, older gentleman in dark suit and eyeglasses who is the head of Seihahongakkai, sits in center of front row seated on tatami floor at low tables covered with trays of Japanese food. He is flanked by three women in kimono and one in western clothing, Gasho/Gaeki (?) Takashima, Gatoyo Hirata, and wife Reiko Nakajima. Kayoko Wakita, also known as Baido Wakita, wears a dress in center of second row flanked by her five students who received their certification from Nakajima. They are identified (left to right): Kazuko Urata, Kazuko Asayo, Patti Shirai, Carol Sakamoto, and Setsuko Yamazaki.

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