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[Kow Kaneko, Pasadena, California, November 25, 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.574
Description2 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo supplement, December 21, 1955.;Kow Kaneko, fashion designer and store owner, presents designs in her store in Pasadena, California, November 25, 1955. Woman with short hair, eyeglasses and patterned dress displays skirt of long strapless butterfly motif dress, "Cho cho", on model for Caucasian client in a room with Japanese accents such as a stone lantern (toro), bonsai in a pot, scroll with cranes on wall, and a folding screen on top of a tansu in background. Also includes Kaneko holding up fabric next to dresses hanging on wall in what appears to be a workroom.
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Watanabe, Gunji
ca. 1936-1937