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[Torao Mori Memorial Kendo Tournament at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, January 24, 1971]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1971
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.1197
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, January 25, 1971, Japanese section.;Torao Mori Memorial Kendo Tournament or Taikai, held at Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, January 24, 1971. Five men and a woman pose in two rows behind a table with framed photograph of Mori in Kendo gear on a table and a banner in background. Men in suits sit on metal folding chairs below a banner, "Memorial Kendo Tournament", in English and Japanese taped to wall in background left. They are identified (left to right): first row, Mr. Toshioka, Mrs. Mori, Mr. Ogasawara; second row, Chris Mori (eldest son of Mori), Mr. Nakahara (Director of Kendo Federation), and Mr. Kawaguchi (Director of Southern California Kendo Federation).