Reverend Yamazaki was beaten in camp Jerome

Maker Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1943

Mediumoil, canvas

DimensionsH: 39.25 in, W: 30.25 in, Frame: 41 x 32 in

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum

Object number92.97.6

DescriptionStretched and framed. Gold frame, on stretcher.;To the right, one man, dressed in tan pants, blue shirt, dark blue socks and grey shoes, holds another man, Reverend John Yamasaki, from behind, locking his arms under the Reverend's arms about the shoulders and behind the neck, while another man, on the left, in tan shirt, dark blue pants, striped socks and brown shoes, kicks and punches Yamazaki. He holds a stick in his left hand. The Reverend, dressed in black with white collar and dark brown shoes, has blood on his face and down the front of this clothes, spattering the ground. His jacket is torn. His black hat and eyeglasses lie on the ground to his right. A book with the words "Holy Bible" lies near his feet in the lower right foreground. Above it, there are five lines of Japanese writing. Five lines of poetry in English appears at the bottom foreground (see inscription field). A mess hall and a barracks are in the background.