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Barakku utai kai
Barakku utai kai
Barakku utai kai

Barakku utai kai

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1943
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1CK
Description5 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink drawings of men chanting a No drama text, identified by inscriptions in Japanese, January 7, 1943.
Top left image of man, Tomizo Kanno, seated on knees before a shokendai, or reading table, with hands on thighs as he chants.
Top right portrait of a man, Ikeda, in glasses with eyes downcast, visible from the chest up.
Middle right portrait of a man's head with eyes closed and mouth open.
Bottom left portraitd of a mustached man, Gentaro Arita, chanting with eyes closed.
Bottom right portrait of a man, Ichiro Nakagawa, wearing glasses and chanting "Medetakere" with eyes shut.
Drawing 97.106.1CL on verso of same sheet.

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