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copy negative
Date1920
DimensionsNeg Type: 120.00 mm
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Margaret and Ted Abe DDS
Object number97.49.4
DescriptionPostcard photograph of sumo tournament held to commemorate 42nd birthday on Yoneki Abe. There is three sumo wrestlers posing just right of center in the postcard. The middle sumo wrestler, Yoneki Abe, has his right arm held out to his right. The other two wrestlers, Ray Kurasaki (right of Abe) and Jack Kurasaka (left of Abe), are squatting. Abe is wearing a kesho mawashi. Behind these wrestlers is a referee holding a paddle. Behind the referee is a crowd which consist of people in western dress and houses.
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