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Maker
Ishigo, Estelle
(1899 - 1990)
Date1942-1945
Mediumpencil, paper
DimensionsH: 8 in, W: 10.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.7J
Description1 drawing on paper ; 8 x 10.5 in.;Pencil drawing of people pounding mochi and making rice cakes in the Japanese New Year's custom of Mochitsuki. On the left, three men use kine (pestle) to pound glutinous rice in the usu (mortar). Two people form mochi, rice cakes, into small round balls on table, right. Two punched holes at top of paper.
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