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T/5 Shoji Fujishima, 1-19-44
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1944
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 number97.106.2CW
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink, pencil ; left image 4.125 x 2.625 in., right image 4.125 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Shoji Fujishima and Haruto Morikawa, at Jerome concentration camp, Denson Arkansas on January 19, 1944. Both drawings have blue ink border.
Left portrait of Shoji Fujishima, T/5 of Student Battalion, Company C, Barracks F, Camp Savage, Minnesota. Fujishima is turned slightly to the right and looks down at lower right. He is dressed in coat with wide lapels and a patch on proper right arm with two chevrons above letter T. Visible from chest up. Pencil sketch marks visible.
Right portrait of Haruto Morikawa, #30103929, 30 year-old Private of Company E, 442nd Infantry Battalion, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Morikawa is dressed in Army uniform with hat. He looks directly at viewer. Visible from chest up. Pencil sketch marks visible.
Left portrait of Shoji Fujishima, T/5 of Student Battalion, Company C, Barracks F, Camp Savage, Minnesota. Fujishima is turned slightly to the right and looks down at lower right. He is dressed in coat with wide lapels and a patch on proper right arm with two chevrons above letter T. Visible from chest up. Pencil sketch marks visible.
Right portrait of Haruto Morikawa, #30103929, 30 year-old Private of Company E, 442nd Infantry Battalion, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Morikawa is dressed in Army uniform with hat. He looks directly at viewer. Visible from chest up. Pencil sketch marks visible.