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[Michiko Kurenai and Reiko Sonoi at Ginza, California, January 16, 1955]
[Michiko Kurenai and Reiko Sonoi at Ginza, California, January 16, 1955]
[Michiko Kurenai and Reiko Sonoi at Ginza, California, January 16, 1955]

[Michiko Kurenai and Reiko Sonoi at Ginza, California, January 16, 1955]

Date1955
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.245
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Two women in costume, Michiko Kurenai and Reiko Sonoi, at Ginza (possibly the New Ginza Japanese Restaurant in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California), January 16, 1955. Woman on left wears banadeau, loose pants with sash at waist, sleeve on proper right arm, fabric wrapped around proper left shoulder, fabric hat and heavy makeup. Woman on right wears a light-colored kimono with crane design and flowers in her hair.

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