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[Tsuba collectors in Holiday issue 2 of Rafu Shimpo, California, December 1955]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.589
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, January 1, 1956.;Part of a series on Americans with Japanese hobbies, actor Hans Conried and Papermate engineer Barney Craig examine tsuba, or Japanese sword guards, for the Rafu Shimpo's New Year holiday issue, Los Angeles, California, December 1955. Both men are collectors of tsuba, netsuke, and kotsuka. Caucasian man at right, Conreid, in bow tie and plaid jacket points at and holds a sword guard while other Caucasian man, Craig, left, in suit and necktie looks at sword guard. Books and sword guards in individual boxes cover small square table. Scroll hangs next to tansu in background.
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