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photograph
Date1956
Made WhereLos Angeles, California, United States
Object Namephotograph
Mediumpaper
Dimensions3 x 2.25 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of June Tsukida Watanabe
Object number2022.47.33
Description1 photographic print : Black and white ; June Tsukida Watanabe posing with Marlon Brando in yellowface as the character, Sakini, on the set of MGM's, "Teahouse of the August Moon". Watanabe outwear is a traditional bingata dance costume worn in Ryūkyū buyō (Okinawan classical dance), the interior clothing appears to be autumn-themed and is possibly a Japanese kimono. Recto of photograph is signed by Marlon Brando.
1956
1940-1949
1928
1952
Watanabe, Gunji
ca. 1936-1937
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