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Fishing in irrigation ditches, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with a flipped forelock of hair and cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo, stands in profile with her back to the viewer, observing two men walk by carrying fishing gear. The first man wears a dark hat, sweater and pants, and holds a fishing pole over his shoulder. The second man, wears a light-colored hat, short sleeve jacket and pants, and carries a pole with a pail tied to its end over his shoulder. A third man is fishing in the background, sitting atop one of the small hills that line the irrigation ditches.

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  • Title: Fishing in irrigation ditches, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
  • External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
  • Medium: ink, paper
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.201)
  • Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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