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Idleness at camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

At the Tanforan grandstand, a woman, in the right foreground, Mine Okubo stands in profile, with her back to the viewer, observing a man who has fallen asleep on the floor. He is dressed in a cross-patterned shirt, dark vest, long pants and dark leather shoes. His hands are crossed and a newspaper covers his face. Across the grandstand, a man sits on the opposing bleachers facing the viewer.

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  • Title: Idleness at camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 9.25 in, W: 13 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, 2007.62.97)
  • 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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