Images(4)

negative, glassine envelope

Maker Tanaka Photo Studio

Date1935

Mediumplastic, glassine

Dimensions8x10 in.

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineIn Memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo "Clifford" & Yuri Tanaka

Object number2007.61.264

Description4 Photographic 8x10 negatives : b&w ; Photographed on Agfa Safety Film. One image of two girls on a stage decorated with flower bouquets playing koto harps. One image of several girls playing koto harps on a stage with a caption written Japanese at the bottom. One image of a girl playing a koto harp on a stage with a caption written Japanese at the bottom. One image of the stage with women and girls wearing kimonos and a line of men in suits standing behind them with a caption written Japanese at the bottom of the negative.

Four (4) glassine envelopes that the negatives were stored in. The first one reads, “No. APR 7 - 1935 / Name (in Japanese) Seibi Kai #4 / Remarks 4 8x10.” A line of Japanese is written on the right side of the envelope. The second reads, “No. APR - 1935 / Name (in Japanese) Seibi Kai #2 / Remarks (22) 8x10.” The third reads, “No. Apr 7 - 1935 / Name (in Japanese) Seibi Kai #3.” The fourth reads, “No. 35469 April 7 1932 / Name (in Japanese) Seibi Kai / Order 1.00 / Remarks 34 8x10.”