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[Okada Jiro, 42 sai]
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 number97.106.2AI
Description2 drawings on paper, lined and laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 3.875 x 2.75 in., right image 3.875 x 2.875 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Jiro Okada and Mistuomi Yamane, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico, ca. July 30, 1942. Both drawings have black line borders.
Left portrait of Jiro Okada, a 42 year-old who works with cars in Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Okada has a crew cut, glasses, and is dressed in a button-down shirt. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Mitsuomi Yamane, a 28 year-old Jodoshu monk in Makiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Shimane, Japan. Dressed in an undershirt and turned three-quarters view, looking left. He has a small mustache. Visible from shoulders up/
Left portrait of Jiro Okada, a 42 year-old who works with cars in Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Okada has a crew cut, glasses, and is dressed in a button-down shirt. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Mitsuomi Yamane, a 28 year-old Jodoshu monk in Makiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, originally from Shimane, Japan. Dressed in an undershirt and turned three-quarters view, looking left. He has a small mustache. Visible from shoulders up/