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[Sone Tetsunosuke, 59 sai, 9-25-42]
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1942
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 6 in, W: 9.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2CM
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 4 x 2.75 in., right image 4 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Tetsunosuke Sone and Yakichi Urabe, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico on Septemeber 25, 1942. Both drawings have black line borders.
Left portrait of Tetsunosuke Sone, 59 year-old Japanese language teacher in Sprecklesville, Hawaii, originally from Niigata, Japan. Sone looks directly at viewer through round-rimmed glasses. He has a broad face with hair parted on proper right. He wears a button-down shirt. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Yakichi Urabe, Japanese language teacher on Waikapu, Maui, originally from Fukushima, Japan. Urabe faces the viewer dressed in a button-down shirt with horizontal lines over shoulders. He is clean shaven and hair is parted on proper left. He has a double chin. Visible from shoulders up.
Left portrait of Tetsunosuke Sone, 59 year-old Japanese language teacher in Sprecklesville, Hawaii, originally from Niigata, Japan. Sone looks directly at viewer through round-rimmed glasses. He has a broad face with hair parted on proper right. He wears a button-down shirt. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Yakichi Urabe, Japanese language teacher on Waikapu, Maui, originally from Fukushima, Japan. Urabe faces the viewer dressed in a button-down shirt with horizontal lines over shoulders. He is clean shaven and hair is parted on proper left. He has a double chin. Visible from shoulders up.