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[Mas Togo, Karate instructor, demonstrates breaking rock, Los Angeles, California, July 18, 1952]
Maker
Miyatake, Toyo
(1895 - 1979)
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Date1952
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.167
Description2 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , Published in the Rafu Shimpo, July 18, 1952.;Masatasu Oyama of Tokyo, also known professionally as "Mas Togo" or "Thunder Bolt", breaks a rock with his barehands for the media in Los Angeles, California, July 19, 1952. Oyama wears a judo gi and belt. The 28 year-old was on tour of the United States.
Hoshida, George
1942-1943
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Kikuchi, Dr. Yoriyuki
ca. 1952-1960
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