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In Camp Jerome
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 25 in, W: 20.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.9
DescriptionImage of a Nisei soldier standing in salute in front of a cross looking down at a woman dressed in dark blue in the foreground who holds up a senninbari (protective talisman made from cloth and 1,000 stiches, given to and worn by Japanese American soldiers). Rows of small white crosses on green grass fill lower left and right background. In the upper right background is the image of an American flag over a red star above a large "V". (Very similar to the painting entitled Senninbari, also by Sugimoto 92.97.140.)
Mitsuoka, Norio
ca. 1947-1948
1942 - 1945
1942-1945
1942
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